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α-Pinene

primary reference standard

Synonym(s):

(±)-2-Pinene, 2,6,6-Trimethylbicyclo[3.1.1]hept-2-ene

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C10H16
CAS Number:
80-56-8
Molecular Weight:
136.23
EC Number:
201-291-9
MDL number:
MFCD00001339
UNSPSC Code:
85151701
PubChem Substance ID:
329746993
NACRES:
NA.24

grade

primary reference standard

Quality Level

300

autoignition temp.

491 °F

shelf life

limited shelf life, expiry date on the label

manufacturer/tradename

HWI

refractive index

n20/D 1.465 (lit.)

bp

155-156 °C (lit.)

density

0.858 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

storage temp.

−20°C

SMILES string

[H][C@@]12CC=C(C)[C@@]([H])(C1)C2(C)C

InChI

1S/C10H16/c1-7-4-5-8-6-9(7)10(8,2)3/h4,8-9H,5-6H2,1-3H3/t8-,9-/m1/s1

InChI key

GRWFGVWFFZKLTI-RKDXNWHRSA-N

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General description

Produced and qualified by HWI pharma services GmbH.
Exact content by quantitative NMR can be found on the certificate.

Application

Reference Standard in the analysis of herbal medicinal products

Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Statements

H226,H304,H315,H317,H410

Hazard Classifications

Aquatic Acute 1 - Aquatic Chronic 1 - Asp. Tox. 1 - Flam. Liq. 3 - Skin Irrit. 2 - Skin Sens. 1

Storage Class Code

3 - Flammable liquids

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

87.8 °F - closed cup

Flash Point(C)

31 °C - closed cup

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HWI03418
HWI00288-2
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HWI00288-1

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Li Qi et al.
Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association (1995), 62(12), 1359-1369 (2013-02-01)
This work investigates the oxidative aging of preformed secondary organic aerosol (SOA) derived from alpha-pinene ozonolysis (-100 ppb(v) hydrocarbon [HC(x)] with excess of O3) within the University of California-Riverside Center for Environmental Research and Technology environmental chamber that occurs after
Jeremy D Allison et al.
Environmental entomology, 41(6), 1587-1596 (2013-01-17)
In recent years, several attractant pheromones have been identified for cerambycid beetles, including 2-(undecyloxy)-ethanol (hereafter monochamol) for Monochamus galloprovincialis (Olivier), M. alternatus Hope, and M. scutellatus (Say). This study screened eight known cerambycid pheromones or their analogues (including monochamol) as
Mansour Znati et al.
Natural product communications, 7(7), 947-950 (2012-08-23)
The present work describes the chemical composition and evaluates the antimicrobial and the anti-acetylcholinesterase properties of the flower oil from the Tunisian Ferula lutea obtained by hydrodistillation and analyzed by combination of GC/FID and GC/MS. The chemical composition of the
Ana Cristina Rivas da Silva et al.
Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 17(6), 6305-6316 (2012-05-29)
The antimicrobial activities of the isomers and enantiomers of pinene were evaluated against bacterial and fungal cells. The agar diffusion test showed that only the positive enantiomers of the α- and β-isomers of pinene were active. The minimal inhibitory concentration
Anton Miró et al.
BMC bioinformatics, 13, 90-90 (2012-05-12)
The estimation of parameter values for mathematical models of biological systems is an optimization problem that is particularly challenging due to the nonlinearities involved. One major difficulty is the existence of multiple minima in which standard optimization methods may fall
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