PRODUCT Properties
| Melting point: | 40-50 °C(lit.) |
| Boiling point: | 159-160 °C(lit.) |
| Density | 0.839 g/mL at 25 °C(lit.) |
| refractive index | 1.4562 (estimate) |
| Flash point: | 98 °F |
| solubility | Benzene (Slightly), Chloroform (Slightly), |
| form | Solid |
| color | White to Off-White Waxy |
| Odor | at 10.00 % in dipropylene glycol. fresh herbal woody fir camphor |
| Odor Type | woody |
| optical activity | [α]20/D +16°, c = 4 in ethanol |
| LogP | 4.220 |
| EPA Substance Registry System | Bicyclo[2.2.1]heptane, 2,2-dimethyl-3-methylene-, (1R,4S)- (5794-03-6) |
Description and Uses
(+)-Camphene is part of a mixture which is responsible for the anti-inflammatory effect of essential oil from Citrus aurantium L. var. amara Engl.
