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Sigma-Aldrich

Camphor

96%

Synonym(s):

(±)-Camphor, 1,7,7-Trimethylbicyclo[2.2.1]heptan-2-one

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About This Item

Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C10H16O
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
152.23
Beilstein:
1907611
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.22

vapor density

5.2 (vs air)

vapor pressure

4 mmHg ( 70 °C)

Assay

96%

autoignition temp.

870 °F

expl. lim.

3.5 %

bp

204 °C (lit.)

mp

175-177 °C (lit.)

solubility

ethanol: soluble 1 g/L, clear, colorless

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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General description

Camphor is a novel carbon nanotube precursor.

Application

Camphor was used in the synthesis of single-walled nanotubes by chemical vapor deposition. It was used in two-phase based hollow fibre liquid-phase microextraction procedure for migration analysis of food packagings containing essential oils.

Signal Word

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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Mechanism of carbon nanotube growth from camphor and camphor analogs by chemical vapor deposition.
Andrews RJ, et al.
Carbon, 44(2), 341-347 (2006)
A simple method of producing aligned carbon nanotubes from an unconventional precursor-Camphor.
Kumar M and Ando Y.
Chemical Physics Letters, 374(5), 521-526 (2003)
Davinson Pezo et al.
Journal of chromatography. A, 1174(1-2), 85-94 (2007-09-04)
A two-phase based hollow fibre liquid-phase microextraction (HFLPME) with a high automatization degree and able to process up to six samples simultaneously by means of a multiple channel syringe pump has been successfully developed. The experimental set-up allows to carry
Simon P Skinner et al.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 112(29), 9022-9027 (2015-07-02)
The energy landscapes of proteins are highly complex and can be influenced by changes in physical and chemical conditions under which the protein is studied. The redox enzyme cytochrome P450cam undergoes a multistep catalytic cycle wherein two electrons are transferred
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

Articles

The Baeyer-Villiger oxidation is the oxidative cleavage of a carbon-carbon bond adjacent to a carbonyl, which converts the ketones to esters and the cyclic ketones to lactones.

Chromatograms

suitable for GC

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