Skip to Content
Merck
All Photos(3)

Key Documents

View All Documentation

148075

Sigma-Aldrich

Camphor

96%

Synonym(s):

(±)-Camphor, 1,7,7-Trimethylbicyclo[2.2.1]heptan-2-one

Sign Into View Organizational & Contract Pricing
All Photos(3)

About This Item

Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C10H16O
CAS Number:
76-22-2
Molecular Weight:
152.23
Beilstein:
1907611
EC Number:
200-945-0
MDL number:
MFCD00074738
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
PubChem Substance ID:
24848879
NACRES:
NA.22

vapor density

5.2 (vs air)

vapor pressure

4 mmHg ( 70 °C)

Assay

96%

autoignition temp.

870 °F

expl. lim.

3.5 %

bp

204 °C (lit.)

mp

175-177 °C (lit.)

solubility

ethanol: soluble 1 g/L, clear, colorless

functional group

ketone

SMILES string

[H][C@](CC1=O)(CC2)C(C)(C)[C@]12C

InChI

1S/C10H16O/c1-9(2)7-4-5-10(9,3)8(11)6-7/h7H,4-6H2,1-3H3/t7-,10+/m1/s1

InChI key

DSSYKIVIOFKYAU-XCBNKYQSSA-N

Looking for similar products? Visit Product Comparison Guide

General description

Camphor is a novel carbon nanotube precursor.

Application

Camphor was used in the synthesis of single-walled nanotubes by chemical vapor deposition. It was used in two-phase based hollow fibre liquid-phase microextraction procedure for migration analysis of food packagings containing essential oils.

Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Inhalation - Aquatic Chronic 2 - Eye Dam. 1 - Flam. Sol. 2 - Skin Irrit. 2 - STOT SE 2 Inhalation

Storage Class Code

4.1B - Flammable solid hazardous materials

WGK

WGK 1

Flash Point(F)

147.9 °F - closed cup

Flash Point(C)

64.4 °C - closed cup

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

Choose from one of the most recent versions:

Certificates of Analysis (COA)

Lot/Batch Number
STBL3625
STBL1283
STBK7072
STBK8466
STBK5200

Don't see the Right Version?

If you require a particular version, you can look up a specific certificate by the Lot or Batch number.

Search for a COA

Already Own This Product?

Find documentation for the products that you have recently purchased in the Document Library.

Visit the Document Library

Customers Also Viewed

Slide 1 of 6

1 of 6

Camphor (dl) primary reference standard

02070595

Camphor (dl)

Camphor United States Pharmacopeia (USP) Reference Standard

USP

1087508

Camphor

Camphor (racemic) European Pharmacopoeia (EP) Reference Standard

C0405000

Camphor (racemic)

(−)-Borneol analytical standard

Supelco

15598

(−)-Borneol

Isoborneol analytical standard

Supelco

79856

Isoborneol

(−)-Camphor analytical standard

Supelco

21293

(−)-Camphor

Davinson Pezo et al.
Journal of chromatography. A, 1174(1-2), 85-94 (2007-09-04)
A two-phase based hollow fibre liquid-phase microextraction (HFLPME) with a high automatization degree and able to process up to six samples simultaneously by means of a multiple channel syringe pump has been successfully developed. The experimental set-up allows to carry
Mechanism of carbon nanotube growth from camphor and camphor analogs by chemical vapor deposition.
Andrews RJ, et al.
Carbon, 44(2), 341-347 (2006)
A simple method of producing aligned carbon nanotubes from an unconventional precursor-Camphor.
Kumar M and Ando Y.
Chemical Physics Letters, 374(5), 521-526 (2003)
Simon P Skinner et al.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 112(29), 9022-9027 (2015-07-02)
The energy landscapes of proteins are highly complex and can be influenced by changes in physical and chemical conditions under which the protein is studied. The redox enzyme cytochrome P450cam undergoes a multistep catalytic cycle wherein two electrons are transferred
Shigeki Yamamoto et al.
Journal of computational chemistry, 34(25), 2152-2158 (2013-07-05)
Induced resonance Raman optical activity (IRROA) proved to be a very sensitive method to detect molecular chirality. It is exhibited, for example, by complexes of lanthanides with chiral alcohols or ketones. So far, the phenomenon has not been understood at
View All Related Papers

Articles

Baeyer-Villiger Oxidation Reaction

The Baeyer-Villiger oxidation is the oxidative cleavage of a carbon-carbon bond adjacent to a carbonyl, which converts the ketones to esters and the cyclic ketones to lactones.

Baeyer-Villiger Oxidation Reaction

The Baeyer-Villiger oxidation is the oxidative cleavage of a carbon-carbon bond adjacent to a carbonyl, which converts the ketones to esters and the cyclic ketones to lactones.

Baeyer-Villiger Oxidation Reaction

The Baeyer-Villiger oxidation is the oxidative cleavage of a carbon-carbon bond adjacent to a carbonyl, which converts the ketones to esters and the cyclic ketones to lactones.

Baeyer-Villiger Oxidation Reaction

The Baeyer-Villiger oxidation is the oxidative cleavage of a carbon-carbon bond adjacent to a carbonyl, which converts the ketones to esters and the cyclic ketones to lactones.

Chromatograms

suitable for GC

Our team of scientists has experience in all areas of research including Life Science, Material Science, Chemical Synthesis, Chromatography, Analytical and many others.

Contact Technical Service