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DL-Menthol

reference material

• Synonym(s): Menthol, 2-Isopropyl-5-methylcyclohexanol, Hexahydrothymol
• Empirical Formula (Hill Notation): C₁₀H₂₀O
• CAS Number: 89-78-1
• Molecular Weight: 156.27
• Beilstein: 3194263
• EC Number: 201-939-0
• MDL number: MFCD00001484
• UNSPSC Code: 41116107

Properties

• grade: reference material
• Quality Level: 200
• vapor pressure: 0.8 mmHg ( 20 °C)
• Assay: ≥98.0% (GC)
• optical purity: enantiomeric ratio: ~50:50
• shelf life: limited shelf life, expiry date on the label
• bp: 216 °C (lit.)
• mp: 34-36 °C (lit.)
• density: 0.89 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)
• application(s): cleaning products; cosmetics; flavors and fragrances; food and beverages; personal care
• format: neat
• shipped in: wet ice
• storage temp.: −20°C
• SMILES string: CC(C)C1CCC(C)CC1O
• InChI: 1S/C10H20O/c1-7(2)9-5-4-8(3)6-10(9)11/h7-11H,4-6H2,1-3H3
• InChI key: NOOLISFMXDJSKH-UHFFFAOYSA-N
• Gene Information: human ... TRPA1(8989) , TRPM8(79054)

Description

General description

This reference material (RM) is produced and certified in accordance with ISO/IEC 17025. This RM is traceable to primary material from an NMI, e.g. NIST or NMIJ.

DL-Menthol, a cyclic terpene alcohol and a naturally occurring compound, originates from the plants of Mentha species. It has a typical minty smell, flavor and finds applications as an ingredient in fragrances, food products, and cosmetics including shower gels, shampoos, face creams, body lotions, liqueurs, candy, etc.

Application

DL-Menthol may be used as an extraction solvent for the determination of parabens in food products, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals using liquid-liquid microextraction with high performance liquid chromatography-diode array detection (HPLC-DAD). It may also be used for the preparation of hydrophobic deep eutectic solvent (DES) in the extraction and determination of methylparaben, propylparaben, and butylparaben from cosmetics samples using syringe-to-syringe dispersive magnetic nanofluid microextraction procedure (SS-DMNF-ME) with high-performance liquid chromatography technique (HPLC).

Safety Information

• Pictograms: GHS07
• Signal Word: Warning
• Hazard Statements: H315,H319
• Precautionary Statements: P264 - P280 - P302 + P352 - P305 + P351 + P338 - P332 + P313 - P337 + P313
• Hazard Classifications: Eye Irrit. 2 - Skin Irrit. 2
• Storage Class Code: 11 - Combustible Solids
• WGK: WGK 1
• Flash Point(F): 204.8 °F
• Flash Point(C): 96 °C