10166. Zingerone
Nomenclature
CAS number: 122-48-5
4-(4-Hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)-2-butanone; (4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)ethyl methyl ketone; vanillylacetone; zingherone; zingiberone. C11H14O3; mol wt 194.23.
C 68.02%, H 7.27%, O 24.71%.
Description and references
Isolated from ginger root or prepd from vanillin and acetone followed by catalytic hydrogenation: Nomura, J. Chem. Soc. 111, 769 (1917); idem, US 1263796 (1918); US 1306710 (1919); Cotton, US 2381210 (1945 to Penn. Coal Prod.); K. Banno, T. Mukaiyama, Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 49, 1453 (1976).
