Melting point 48-51 °C(lit.) Boiling point 232 °C(lit.) Density 0.965 g/mL at 25 °C(lit.) vapor pressure 1 mm Hg ( 64 °C) FEMA 3066 | THYMOL refractive index nD20 1.5227; nD25 1.5204 Flash point 216 °F storage temp. 2-8°C solubility ethanol: soluble50mg/mL pka 10.59±0.10(Predicted) form Crystals or Crystalline Powder color White Odor Thyme-like odor PH Range 7 Water Solubility 0.1 g/100 mL (20 ºC) Merck 14,9399 JECFA Number 709 BRN 1907135
Usage And Synthesis Chemical Properties
white crystals or powder with a pungent odour
Chemical Properties
Thymol occurs as colorless or often large translucent crystals, or as a white crystalline powder with a herbal odor (aromatic and thymelike) and a pungent caustic taste.
Chemical Properties
Thymol is the main constituent of thyme and some origanum oils; it also occurs in many other essential oils. It forms colorless crystals (mp 51.5°C) with a spicy, herbal, slightly medicinal odor reminiscent of thyme. Thymol is prepared on a technical scale in a continuous high-temperature, high-pressure, liquid-phase, ortho-alkylation process, fromm-cresoll and propylenee, in the presence of activated aluminumoxide hydrate. The crude thymol mixture, consisting of approximately 60% thymol, unreacted m-cresoll (about 25%), and other (iso)propyl-substituted products, is separated by fractional distillation. Most of the by-products are recycled. Thymol is used as a dry top note in lavender compositions, in men's fragrances, and as a disinfectant in oral care products. It is also important as a startingmaterial for the production of racemic menthol. Anethole is used in large quantities in the alcoholic beverage industry and in oral hygiene products. Some crude anethole is converted into anisaldehyde
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