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para-Camphorene

Alpha-camphorene is a cycloalkene that is cyclohexene substituted by 2-methylpent-2-en-5-yl and 6-methylhepta-1,5-dien-2-yl groups at positions 1 and 4, respectively. It is a diterpene isolated from several plant species. It has a role as a volatile oil component. It is a cycloalkene and a diterpene.

Summary from ChEBI, via PubChem.

Chemistry

Formula
C20H32
Molecular weight
272.5 g/mol
IUPAC name
4-(6-methylhepta-1,5-dien-2-yl)-1-(4-methylpent-3-enyl)cyclohexene
InChIKey
GJYJYFHBOBUTBY-UHFFFAOYSA-N
SMILES
CC(=CCCC1=CCC(CC1)C(=C)CCC=C(C)C)C
PubChem
CID 101750 ↗

Contributing sources

  • PubChem
  • ChEBI
  • LOTUS

Found in

1 organisms, ranked by how many independent papers report the compound in each. Occurrence data from LOTUS, across 1 references.