Zingiberene

Zingiberene^[1]

Preferred IUPAC name 2-Methyl-5-(6-methylhept-5-en-2-yl)cyclohexa-1,3-diene
Identifiers
CAS number	495-60-3^Y
PubChem	92776
ChemSpider	83751^Y
EC number	207-804-2
MeSH	zingiberene
ChEBI	CHEBI:10115^Y
ChEMBL	CHEMBL479020^N
Beilstein Reference	2554989
3DMet	B03248
Jmol-3D images	Image 1
SMILES C[C@@H](CCC=C(C)C)[C@H]1CC=C(C)C=C1
InChI InChI=1S/C15H24/c1-12(2)6-5-7-14(4)15-10-8-13(3)9-11-15/h6,8-10,14-15H,5,7,11H2,1-4H3/t14-,15+/m0/s1^Y Key: KKOXKGNSUHTUBV-LSDHHAIUSA-N^Y
Properties
Molecular formula	C₁₅H₂₄
Molar mass	204.35 g mol⁻¹
Exact mass	204.187800768 g mol^-1
Density	871.3 mg cm^-3 (at 20 °C)
Boiling point	134-135 °C, 407-408 K, 273-275 °F (at 2.0 kPa)
log P	6.375
N (verify) (what is: Y/N?) Except where noted otherwise, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C, 100 kPa)
Infobox references

Zingiberene is a monocyclic sesquiterpene that is the predominant constituent of the oil of ginger (Zingiber officinale),^[1]^[2] from which it gets its name.

References

^ ^a ^b Herout, Vlastimil; Benesova, Vera; Pliva, Josef (1953). "Terpenes. XLI. Sesquiterpenes of ginger oil". Collection of Czechoslovak Chemical Communications 18: 297–300.
^ Sultan, Misbah; Bhatti, Haq Nawaz; Iqbal, Zafar (2005). "Chemical analysis of essential oil of ginger (Zingiber officinale)". Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences 8 (11): 1576–1578. doi:10.3923/pjbs.2005.1576.1578.