Cosmetic roles
Gives the product a scentPERFUMING
Safety & regulatory references
Not classified under Korea’s toxic-substance GHS list · existing chemical substance
More data — names, identifiers, properties, test records, literature
Names & identifiers
MYRTENOLINCIBicyclo[3.1.1]hept-2-ene-2-methanol, 6,6-dimethyl-Synonym
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 515-00-4
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 208-193-5
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID00862089
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID00218168
- IUPAC
- (6,6-Dimethylbicyclo[3.1.1]hept-2-en-2-yl)methanol
- Molecular formula
- C10H16O
- Molecular weight
- 152.237 g/mol
Measured properties
- Appearance
- Colourless or pale straw-coloured liquid, Warm-herbaceous, slightly woody and discretely medicinal-camphoraceous odour of moderate to poor tenacity
- Boiling point
- 221.00 to 222.00 °C. @ 760.00 mm Hg · 221 °C
- Solubility
- Insoluble in water and propylene glycol, soluble in oils · Miscible at room temperature (in ethanol)
- Density
- 0.976-0.983
Values measured on the substance itself, not a specification for a commercial raw material.
Source: PubChem
What products actually use it for
What the 5 products reported to the US EPA with this ingredient use it for. Products outside cosmetics are included, so the top few rows are its main uses.
- Fragrance3
- Flavouring and nutrient2
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Related literature
- Experimental and molecular docking analyses of antibacterial activity in moroccan Rosmarinus officinalis essential oil · 2026
- Myrtenol promotes skin flap survival by inhibiting apoptosis and promoting autophagy via the MEK/ERK pathway. · 2024
- Towards potential antifungal agents: synthesis, supramolecular self-assembly and in vitro activity of azole mono-, sesqui- and diterpenoids. · 2023
- Myrtus communis L.: essential oil chemical composition, total phenols and flavonoids contents, antimicrobial, antioxidant, anticancer, and α-amylase inhibitory activity · 2023
- New Sustainable Synthetic Routes to Cyclic Oxyterpenes Using the Ecocatalyst Toolbox · 2021
Linked databases 13
- Australian Industrial Chemicals Inventory (AICIS)
- ChEBI
- ChEMBL
- EU CosIng ingredient list 2
- Korea toxic substances GHS register (NIER)
- NIST Chemistry WebBook
- PubChem
- Tlooto literature search 2 3 4 5
- UniChem cross-reference IDs
- US EPA CompTox dashboard 2
- US EPA DSSTox chemical database
- Wikidata
- Wikipedia · English