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(±)-Camphor

purum, synthetic, ≥95.0% (GC)

Synonym(s):

1,7,7-Trimethylbicyclo[2.2.1]heptan-2-one

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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:
329752137
NACRES:
NA.22

vapor density

5.2 (vs air)

Quality Level

200

vapor pressure

4 mmHg ( 70 °C)

grade

purum

Assay

≥95.0% (GC)

quality

synthetic

expl. lim.

3.5 %

impurities

≤0.5% water

bp

204 °C (lit.)

mp

175-177 °C (lit.)

solubility

ethanol: soluble 1 g/10 mL, clear, colorless
water: soluble

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

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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

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Highly diastereoselective synthesis of new optically active aminoalcohols in one step from (+)-camphor and (-)-fenchone.
Genov M, et al.
Tetrahedron Asymmetry, 8(11), 1869-1876 (1997)
Planer nano-graphenes from camphor by CVD.
Somani PR, et al.
Chemical Physics Letters, 430(1), 56-59 (2006)
Tamera J Corte et al.
American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine, 190(2), 208-217 (2014-06-18)
Pulmonary hypertension (PH) associated with fibrotic idiopathic interstitial pneumonia (IIP; idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and nonspecific interstitial pneumonia) confers important additional morbidity and mortality. To evaluate the safety and clinical efficacy of the dual endothelin-1 receptor antagonist bosentan in this patient
Haoxing Xu et al.
The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience, 25(39), 8924-8937 (2005-09-30)
Camphor is a naturally occurring compound that is used as a major active ingredient of balms and liniments supplied as topical analgesics. Despite its long history of common medical use, the underlying molecular mechanism of camphor action is not understood.
Hiroyuki Yamashita et al.
Pharmaceutical research, 30(1), 70-80 (2012-08-22)
Although a number of studies have reported that cocrystals can form by heating a physical mixture of two components, details surrounding heat-induced cocrystal formation remain unclear. Here, we attempted to clarify the thermal behavior of a physical mixture and cocrystal
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