C10H14O
150.22 g/mol
Flavor & FragranceWarning
(-)-Carvone
CAS6485-40-1EC229-352-5
Category
Flavor & Fragrance
Compound Class
Natural Product
Primary Use
Flavor and fragrance ingredient
(-)-Carvone is a chiral terpenoid compound commonly used as a flavor and fragrance ingredient. It is the levorotatory enantiomer of carvone, distinguished by its specific stereochemistry.
Flavor ingredientFragrance ingredientCosmetics ingredient
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Safety Reference
Warning
H317May cause an allergic skin reaction
H302Harmful if swallowed
H227
Identifiers
IUPAC Name
(5R)-2-methyl-5-prop-1-en-2-ylcyclohex-2-en-1-one
InChIKey
ULDHMXUKGWMISQ-SECBINFHSA-N
SMILES
CC1=CC[C@H](CC1=O)C(=C)C
Synonyms (32)
- (-)-Carvone
- (-)-Carvone (Standard)
- (-)-p-Mentha-6,8-dien-2-one
- (4R)-Carvone
- (R)-(-)-Carvone
- CARVONE L-FORM
- CARVONE, L-
- FEMA NO. 2249, (-)-
- Levo-carvone
- l-6,8(9)-p-Menthadien-2-one
- l-Carvone
- l-Carvone (natural)
- l-p-Mentha-1(6),8-dien-2-one