Borneol
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| Names | |||
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| IUPAC name
endo-1,7,7-Trimethyl- bicyclo[2.2.1]heptan-2-ol | |||
| Identifiers | |||
507-70-0  | |||
| ChEBI | CHEBI:15393 | ||
| ChEMBL | ChEMBL486208 | ||
| ChemSpider | 5026296 | ||
| 6413 | |||
| Jmol 3D model | Interactive image | ||
| KEGG | C01411 | ||
| PubChem | 6552009 | ||
| UNII | M89NIB437X | ||
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| Properties | |||
| C10H18O | |||
| Molar mass | 154.25 g·mol−1 | ||
| Appearance | colorless to white lumps | ||
| Odor | pungent, camphor-like | ||
| Density | 1.011 g/cm3 (20 °C)[1] | ||
| Melting point | 208 °C (406 °F; 481 K) | ||
| Boiling point | 213 °C (415 °F; 486 K) | ||
| slightly soluble (D-form) | |||
| Solubility | soluble in chloroform, ethanol, acetone, ether, benzene, toluene, decalin, tetralin | ||
| Hazards | |||
| Safety data sheet | External MSDS | ||
| NFPA 704 | |||
| Flash point | 65 °C (149 °F; 338 K) | ||
| Related compounds | |||
| Related compounds |
Bornane (hydrocarbon) | ||
| Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). | |||
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Borneol is a bicyclic organic compound and a terpene. The hydroxyl group in this compound is placed in an endo position. There are two different enantiomers of borneol. Both d-(+)-borneol and l-(–)-borneol are found in nature.
Reactions
Borneol is easily oxidized to the ketone (camphor). One historical name for borneol is Borneo camphor which explains the name. (The compound was named in 1842 by the French chemist Charles Frédéric Gerhardt.[2]) Borneol can be synthesized by reduction of camphor by the Meerwein–Ponndorf–Verley reduction (a reversible process). Reduction of camphor with sodium borohydride (fast and irreversible) gives instead the isomer isoborneol as the kinetically controlled reaction product.
Synthesis of the borneol isomer isoborneol via reduction of camphor.
Natural occurrences
Borneol can be found in several species of Heterotheca[3], Artemisia, Dipterocarpaceae, Blumea balsamifera and Kaempferia galanga.[4]
It is also one of the chemical compounds found in castoreum. This compound is gathered from the beaver plant food.[5]
Uses
Whereas d-borneol was the enantiomer that used to be the most readily available commercially, the more commercially available enantiomer now is l-borneol, which also occurs in nature.
Borneol is used in traditional Chinese medicine as moxa. An early description is found in the Bencao Gangmu.
Borneol is a component of many essential oils,[6] and it is a natural insect repellent.[7]
Use in organic chemistry
Derivatives of isoborneol are used as chiral ligands in asymmetric synthesis:
- (2S)-(−)-3-exo-(morpholino)isoborneol or MIB[8] with a morpholine substituent in the α-hydroxyl position
- (2S)-(−)-3-exo-(dimethylamino)isoborneol or DAIB[9] with a dimethylamino substituent in the α-hydroxyl position
Toxicology
Borneol is an eye, skin, and respiratory irritant; and is harmful if swallowed.[10]
Notes and references
- ↑ Lide, D. R., ed. (2005). CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (86th ed.). Boca Raton (FL): CRC Press. p. 3.56. ISBN 0-8493-0486-5.
- ↑ C. Gerhardt (1842) "Sur la transformation de l'essence de valériane en camphre de Bornéo et en camphre des laurinées" (On the transformation of the essence of valerian into Borneo camphor and into laurel camphor), Comptes rendus, 14 : 832-835. From p. 834: "Je donne, par cette raison, à l'hydrogène carboné de l'essence de valériane, le nom de bornéène, et, au camphre lui-même, celui de bornéol." (I give, for this reason [namely, that the compound that Gerhardt had obtained from valerian oil was identical to that obtained by Pelouze from camphor from Borneo], to the hydrocarbon from valerian essence, the name bornéène, and, to camphor itself, that of borneol.)
- ↑ Lincoln, D.E., B.M. Lawrence. 1984. "The volatile constituents of camphorweed, Heterotheca subaxillaris". Phytochemistry 23(4): 933-934
- ↑ Wong, K. C.; Ong, K. S.; Lim, C. L. (2006). "Composition of the essential oil of rhizomes of Kaempferia Galanga L.". Flavour and Fragrance Journal 7 (5): 263–266. doi:10.1002/ffj.2730070506.
- ↑ The Beaver: Its Life and Impact. Dietland Muller-Schwarze, 2003, page 43 (book at google books)
- ↑ Plants containing borneol (Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases)]
- ↑ "Chemical Information". sun.ars-grin.gov. Retrieved 2008-03-02.
- ↑ Chen, Y. K.; Jeon, S.-J.; Walsh, P. J.; Nugent, W. A. (2005). "(2S)-(–)-3-exo-(MORPHOLINO)ISOBORNEOL [(–)-MIB]" (PDF). Org. Synth. 82: 87.; Coll. Vol. 11, p. 702
- ↑ White, J. D.; Wardrop, D. J.; Sundermann, K. F. (2002). "(2S)-(−)-3-exo-(DIMETHYLAMINO)ISOBORNEOL [(2S)-(−)-DAIB]" (PDF). Org. Synth. 79: 130.; Coll. Vol. 10, p. 305
- ↑ Material Safety Data Sheet, Fisher Scientific