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Definition of Limonene
1. Noun. A liquid terpene with a lemon odor; found in lemons and oranges and other essential oils.
Definition of Limonene
1. Noun. (organic compound) A monoterpene hydrocarbon ''1-methyl-4-prop-1-en-2-yl-cyclohexene'' found in the essential oils of oranges, lemons and similar fruit, and mainly responsible for their fragrance ¹
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Definition of Limonene
1. a chemical compound [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Limonene
Literary usage of Limonene
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Chemistry of the Non-benzenoid Hydrocarbons and Their Simple Derivatives by Benjamin Talbott Brooks (1922)
"Its physical properties are nearly identical with those of limonene, boiling at
175°-176°. It is one of the most stable of the terpenes and is not ..."
2. A Treatise on Chemistry by Henry Enfield Roscoe, Carl Schorlemmer (1889)
"The latter is a pleasantly-smelling liquid, which boils at 133°—135° and absorbs
oxygen from the air, with formation of a viscid mass.4 limonene GROUP. ..."
3. Victor Von Richter's Organic Chemistry ; Or, Chemistry of the Carbon Compounds by Victor von Richter (1900)
"1- limonene occurs in the oil of pine-needles, in oil of fir, ... Dry hydrochloric
acid gas converts them into optically active limonene hydrochlorides, ..."
4. Victor Von Richter's Organic Chemistry; Or, Chemistry of the Carbon by Victor von Richter, Richard Anschütz, Georg Schroeter (1900)
"It is produced by heating d-limonene, 1-limonene, pinene, and camphene to 250-300°;
it is, therefore, present in the Russian and Swedish turpentine oil, ..."
5. A Textbook of Organic Chemistry by Joseph Scudder Chamberlain (1921)
"1-limonene.—The optically active levo variety 1-limonene is present in pine needle
oil, ... CH IC /\ H,C CH2 limonene Di-pentene CH3 CH I • CH /\ H3C CH, ..."
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