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Description
- Phytol is a diterpene alcohol and is widely used as a food additive and in medicinal field
- It undergoes mitsunobu reaction with 5-fluorouridine to yield the nucleoterpenes.phytol was used to investigate the electroantennogram response of males and females of the potato tuber moth, phthorimaea operculella to various plant volatiles
- It was used in the synthesis of pristanic acid (2,6,10,14-tetramethylpentadecanoic acid).phytol exhibits potential anti-schistosomal properties
- It induces sedative and anxiolytic-like effects in mice
Specifications
Specifications
| CAS | 7541-49-3 |
| Density | 0.85 g/mL (at 25°C (literature)) |
| Boiling Point | 202°C to 204°C (10 mmHg) |
| Molecular Formula | C20H40O |
| Linear Formula | CH3[CH(CH3)(CH2)3]3 C(CH3)=CHCH2OH |
| MDL Number | MFCD00002919 |
| Quantity | 10 g |
| Synonym | 3,7,11,15-Tetramethyl-2-hexadecen-1-ol |
| Molecular Weight (g/mol) | 296.53 |
| Percent Purity | 97% |
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