Chemical Property of 2,2-dimethyl-3-methylidenebicyclo[2.2.1]heptane;(4R,6R)-1,6-dimethyl-4-propan-2-ylcyclohexene;(2R,4R)-2-methyl-1-methylidene-4-propan-2-ylcyclohexane
Chemical Property:
- Refractive Index:n20/D 1.481(lit.)
- Boiling Point:165 °C(lit.)
- Flash Point:110 °F
- PSA：0.00000
- Density:0.89 g/mL at 25 °C(lit.)
- LogP:0.00000
- Hydrogen Bond Donor Count:0
- Hydrogen Bond Acceptor Count:0
- Rotatable Bond Count:2
- Exact Mass:440.438201786
- Heavy Atom Count:32
- Complexity:474
- Purity/Quality:
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99% *data from raw suppliers
Nutmeg oil
*data from reagent suppliers
Safty Information:
- Pictogram(s):
- Hazard Codes:Xi
- Statements:
10-36/37/38
- Safety Statements:
16-26-36
- MSDS Files:
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Useful:
- Chemical Classes:UVCB
- Canonical SMILES:CC1CC(CCC1=C)C(C)C.CC1CC(CC=C1C)C(C)C.CC1(C2CCC(C2)C1=C)C
- Isomeric SMILES:C[C@@H]1C[C@@H](CCC1=C)C(C)C.C[C@@H]1C[C@@H](CC=C1C)C(C)C.CC1(C2CCC(C2)C1=C)C
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Description
Evergreen tree 15 to 20 m (49 to 66 ft.) in height; grows in Java,
Sumatra, Borneo, Penang, Moluccas, and in several other islands
of the Indian Ocean. It has alternate leaves and dioecious flowers.
Consequently, only female trees bear nuts; male plants are interdispersed
in the groves only to ensure pollination. The ripe fruits
are yellow-red with a fleshy pericarp; the red arillode is tightly
wrapped around a woody hull containing the seed.
Note: Mace designates the dried arillodes of nutmeg. The ratio of
nutmegs to mace is approximately 10:1. Nutmeg and mace yield
different, but sometimes similar, products.
The parts used are the nuts (free of the outer pulp) and arillodes
(decolorized with lime). The most commercially important qualities
of nutmeg and mace follow:
? Banda nutmeg and Banda mace contain 8% and 13% essential
oil, respectively;? Java nutmeg and Java mace contain 6.5% and 11% essential
oil, respectively; and
? Siauw nutmeg and Siauw mace contain 6.5% and 10 to 12%
essential oil, respectively.
These qualities are further subdivided according to size-large,
medium, and small-for extraction and according to appearance-
whole, worm-eaten, etc.
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Physical properties
Nutmeg essential oil is a colorless to pale-yellow liquid. It is soluble in alcohol.
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Uses
As a cooking spice, flavoring in food and beverages. Nutmeg oil as fragrance in soaps, detergents, creams, lotions, perfumes. Fixed oil in candles. Ground nutmeg remains a popular spice in home kitchens,
used to flavor holiday staples such as pumpkin pie and eggnog.
The seed has a red, lacy covering that is dried to form mace,
a spice with similar flavor to nutmeg but without toxicity. The
essential oil of nutmeg is extracted for commercial culinary use.
The seed can also be crushed into a butter, which is used as an
industrial lubricant. There is no Food and Drug Administration
approved medical use for nutmeg, although it is sometimes
used as a herbal remedy for arthritis, diarrhea, flatulence, and
gastrointestinal complaints. Nutmeg is abused for its hallucinogenic
properties, most commonly by adolescent males.
