Description | Alpha-Elemol, also known as a-elemol, belongs to the class of organic compounds known as elemane sesquiterpenoids. These are sesquiterpenoids with a structure based on the elemane skeleton. Elemane is a monocyclic compound consisting of a cyclohexane ring substituted with a methyl group, an ethyl group, and two 1-methylethyl groups at the 1-, 1-, 2-, and 4-position, respectively. alpha-Elemol is found in Alphinia galanga, Angelica archangelica, Annona reticulata, Artemisia alba, Artemisia annua, Artemisia annua L.cultivar Jwarharti , Artemisia arborescens, Artemisia sericea, Aspergillus candidus, Atractylodes lancea, Baccharis sagittalis, Boswellia papyrifera, Bothriochloa bladhii, Chamaecyparis obtusa, Chimonanthus praecox, Chromolaena odorata, Cinnamomum illicioides, Cinnamomum sieboldii, Cistus albidus, Citrus aurantium, Citrus nobilis, Citrus reticulata , Citrus sinensis, Citrus spp., Cleistopholis patens, Cryptomeria japonica, Cymbopogon citratus, Cymbopogon flexuosus, Cymbopogon nardus, Cymbopogon winterianus, Dictamnus dasycarpus , Entandrophragma cylindricum, Eremophila dalyana, Eremophila flaccida, Eucalyptus gunnii , Eupatorium capillifolium, Fortunella margarita , Gackstroemia magellanica, Guatteriopsis friesiana, Hedychium spicatum, Helichrysum odoratissimum, Helietta apiculata, Heracleum dissectum, Hexalobus monopetalus, Java citronella, Juniperus comitana, Juniperus communis, Juniperus monticola, Juniperus phoenicea , Juniperus taxifolia, Juniperus thurifera, Juniperus thurifera var.africana, Kadsura japonica , Lessingia glandulifera, Lippia rehmannii, Liquidambar styraciflua, Manila elemi, Micromeria biflora, Micromeria sinaica, Monocyclanthus vignei, Murraya exotica , Murraya paniculata , Myrrhis odorata, Ocimum campechianum, Ocimum tenuiflorum , Olearia phlogopappa, Parthenium argentatum, Phebalium squamulosum, Pimpinella anisum, Pinus halepensis , Pinus sibirica, Piper fimbriulatum, Piper guineense, Piper marginatum, Piper ribesioides, Psiadia altissima, Psidium guajava , Psidium guineense, Pulicaria arabica, Ruta angustifolia, Salvia cinnabarina, Salvia sclarea, Santolina chamaecyparissus, Schinus molle, Tanacetum macrophyllum, Uvariopsis tripetala, Valeriana officinalis, Virola surinamensis, Vitex negundo, Xylopia aethiopica, Xylopia aromatica, Xylopia parviflora , Xylopia rubescens, Xylopia sericea and Zanthoxylum simulans. It was first documented in 1986 (PMID: 3765656). Alpha-Elemol is an extremely weak basic (essentially neutral) compound (based on its pKa) (PMID: 18640176) (PMID: 20016930) (PMID: 24453926) (PMID: 26035417) (PMID: 26996033) (PMID: 27899302). |
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Structure | CC(=C)[C@@H]1C[C@@H](CC[C@@]1(C)C=C)C(C)(C)O InChI=1S/C15H26O/c1-7-15(6)9-8-12(14(4,5)16)10-13(15)11(2)3/h7,12-13,16H,1-2,8-10H2,3-6H3/t12-,13+,15-/m1/s1 |
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(1R,3S,4S)-4-Ethenyl-alpha,alpha,4-trimethyl-3-(1-methylethenyl)cyclohexanemethanol | ChEBI | (1S,2S,4R)-(-)-alpha,alpha-Dimethyl-1-vinyl-O-menth-8-ene-4-methanol | ChEBI | 1R,1alpha,3alpha,4beta-4-Ethenyl-alpha,alpha,4-trimethyl-3-(1-methylethenyl)cyclohexanemethanol | ChEBI | (1R,3S,4S)-4-Ethenyl-a,a,4-trimethyl-3-(1-methylethenyl)cyclohexanemethanol | Generator | (1R,3S,4S)-4-Ethenyl-α,α,4-trimethyl-3-(1-methylethenyl)cyclohexanemethanol | Generator | (1S,2S,4R)-(-)-a,a-Dimethyl-1-vinyl-O-menth-8-ene-4-methanol | Generator | (1S,2S,4R)-(-)-Α,α-dimethyl-1-vinyl-O-menth-8-ene-4-methanol | Generator | 1R,1a,3a,4b-4-Ethenyl-a,a,4-trimethyl-3-(1-methylethenyl)cyclohexanemethanol | Generator | 1R,1Α,3α,4β-4-ethenyl-α,α,4-trimethyl-3-(1-methylethenyl)cyclohexanemethanol | Generator | a-Elemol | Generator | Α-elemol | Generator | Elemol, (1R-(1alpha,3beta,4beta))-isomer | MeSH |
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