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(E)-β-Ocimene

(E)-beta-ocimene is a beta-ocimene that consists of octa-1,3,6-triene bearing two methyl substituents at positions 3 and 7 (the 3E-isomer). It has a role as a plant metabolite.

Summary from ChEBI, via PubChem.

Chemistry

Formula
C10H16
Molecular weight
136.23 g/mol
IUPAC name
(3E)-3,7-dimethylocta-1,3,6-triene
InChIKey
IHPKGUQCSIINRJ-CSKARUKUSA-N
SMILES
CC(=CCC=C(C)C=C)C
PubChem
CID 5281553 ↗

Contributing sources

  • PubChem
  • ChEBI
  • LOTUS

Found in

The 240 best-attested of 381 organisms, ranked by how many independent papers report the compound in each. Occurrence data from LOTUS, across 365 references.

Literature