• Identifiers

    CAS number
    89-82-7

    Molecular formula
    C10H16O

    SMILES
    C[C@@H]1CCC(=C(C)C)C(=O)C1
    HO

  • Odor profile

    mint 86.29%
    herbal 82.12%
    camphoreous 67.95%
    sweet 60.51%
    fresh 55.27%
    cooling 55.24%
    ketonic 39.1%
    spicy 39.02%
    woody 39.02%
    musty 38.66%

    Scent© AI

  • Properties

    XLogP3-AA
    2.8 Well soluble in DEP, IAA, BB

    Molecular weight
    152.23 g/mol

    Vapor pressure est.

    • 0.1141 hPa @ 20°C
    • 0.1719 hPa @ 25°C

    Evaporation rate
    Moderate

    Melting points

    • < 25 °C

    Boiling points

    • 224 °C
    • BP: 151-153 °C at 100 mm Hg; 103 °C at 17 mm Hg; 84 °C at 6 mm Hg
    • 220.00 to 222.00 °C. @ 760.00 mm Hg

    Solubilities

    • Practically insoluble in water
    • Miscible with alcohol. ether, chloroform
    • insoluble in water; soluble in oils; miscible to soluble in alcohol
    • miscible (in ethanol)

  • Synonyms

    • Pulegone
    • (+)-Pulegone
    • 89-82-7
    • (R)-Pulegone
    • d-Pulegone
    • (R)-(+)-Pulegone
    • Pulegon
    • (+)-(R)-Pulegone
    • (1R)-(+)-p-Menth-4(8)-en-3-one
    • Pulegone, d-
NaN of -Infinity
Name CAS Botanical Proportion
Mentha gentilis var. lanata Mentha gentilis (L.) var. lanata (Rydb.) Fujita et Fujita, fam. Lamiaceae 20.0%
Pennyroyal 2 8013-99-8 Mentha pulegium L. (C.R. variety), fam. Lamiaceae (Labiatae) 63.47%
Peppermint (USA) 2 8006-90-4 Mentha piperita L. cultivar Mitcham, fam. Lamiaceae (Labiatae) 1.0%
Hesperozygis ringens (Brazil) Hesperozygis ringens (Benth.) Epling, fam. Lamiaceae (Labiatae) 79.2%
Hesperozygis rhododon (Brazil) Hesperozygis rhododon Epling, fam. Lamiaceae (Labiatae) 29.6%