5198. Isophytol
Nomenclature
CAS number: 505-32-8
3,7,11,15-Tetramethyl-1-hexadecen-3-ol; 2,6,10,14-tetramethylhexadec-15-en-14-ol; 2,6,10-trimethyl-14-vinylpentadecan-14-ol. C20H40O; mol wt 296.53.
C 81.01%, H 13.60%, O 5.40%.
Description and references
Decompn product of chlorophyll. Synthesis from linalool or citral: Fischer, Lwenberg, Ann. 475, 183 (1929); Karrer et al., Helv. Chim. Acta 26, 1741 (1943); Sarycheva et al., Zh. Obshch. Khim. 28, 647 (1958); Maurit et al., ibid. 32, 2483 (1962); from acetylene: Nazarov et al., ibid. 28, 1444 (1958); Blaha, Weichet, CS 88887 (1959), C.A. 54, 2167c (1960); from pseudoionone and propargyl alcohol: Sato et al., J. Org. Chem. 28, 45 (1963).
