(-)-menthol

Term ID

CHEBI:15409

Synonyms

• (-)-(1R,3R,4S)-menthol
• (-)-menthol
• (1alpha,2beta,5alpha)-5-methyl-2(1-methylethyl)cyclohexanol
• (1R,2S,5R)-5-methyl-2-(propan-2-yl)cyclohexan-1-ol
• (1R,3R,4S)-(-)-menthol
• (1R-(1-alpha,2-beta,5-alpha))-5-methyl-2-(1-methylethyl)cyclohexanol
• L-Menthol
• levomenthol
• levomentholum
• levomentol

Definition

A p-menthan-3-ol which has (1R,2S,5R)-stereochemistry. It is the most common naturally occurring enantiomer.

References

• cas:2216-51-5
• drugbank:DB00825
• drugcentral:934
• hmdb:HMDB0003352
• kegg.compound:C00400
• kegg.drug:D00064
• knapsack:C00000810
• lipidmaps:LMPR0102090001
• metacyc.compound:--MENTHOL
• patent:CN101602651
• patent:US2011313205
• pubmed:17021997
• pubmed:17498839
• pubmed:18640225
• pubmed:21353674
• pubmed:22218824
• pubmed:22348831
• pubmed:23800946
• pubmed:23963768
• pubmed:7974298
• reaxys:1902293
• wikipedia.en:Menthol

Ontology

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