Name: limonene

Other name: Cinene

Chemical formula: C10H16

Molecular weight: 136.23

CAS : 5989-27-5

Melting point: -74.3 ℃

Boiling point: 177 ℃

Flash point: 46 ℃

Chemical name: 1-methyl-4-isopropyl-1-cyclohexene

Properties: Orange-red, orange-yellow or colorless clear liquid with specific aroma. Miscible in ethanol and most non-volatile oils; slightly soluble in glycerol, insoluble in water and propylene glycol.

Usage

Dextrose is commonly used. It can be used as raw material for the preparation of artificial orange blossom, sweet blossom, lemon and bergamot oil. It can also be used as a fresh top fragrance in makeup, soap and daily chemical fragrances, in cologne, floral, jasmine, lavender, and pine, aldehyde, wood, fruit or fragrance. Both are suitable. Edible flavor is used as a modifier in white lemon, fruity and spicy formulations.

Medical applications:

Animal experiments have shown good antitussive, expectorant, and bacteriostatic effects. Compound limonene is used clinically for cholestatic, stone-dissolving, promoting digestive juice secretion, and eliminating intestinal gas accumulation.

Used as a raw material for synthetic rubber and fragrances, and also as a solvent; used as magnetic lacquer, fake lacquer and various oil-containing resins, resin waxes, metal driers and solvents; used to make synthetic resin and synthetic rubber; used to blend orange blossom Flavor, citrus oil flavor, etc .; can also be made into a substitute for lemon-based essential oils.