beta-pinene
Sign in to saveAlso known as 2(10)-pinene, pseudopinene, nopinene, 6,6-dimethyl-2-methylenebicyclo[3.1.1]heptane, 6,6-Dimethyl-2-methylene-bicyclo(3.1.1)heptane, 6,6-Dimethyl-2-methylenenorpinane, 6,6-Dimethyl-2-methylidenebicyclo[3.1.1]heptane, 2,2,6-Trimethylbicyclo[3.1.1]hept-2-ene
β-Pinene is a monoterpene, an organic compound found in plants. It is the less abundant of the two isomers of pinene, the other being α-pinene. It is a colorless liquid soluble in alcohol, but not water. It has a woody-green pine-like smell.
Research
2,160 papers- Therapeutic Potential of α- and β-Pinene: A Miracle Gift of Nature.Biomolecules · 2019
- Metabolic conversion of β-pinene to β-ionone in rats.Xenobiotica; the fate of foreign compounds in biological systems · 2021
- Biotransformation of α- and β-pinene into flavor compounds.Applied microbiology and biotechnology · 2017
- β-Pinene alleviates arsenic (As)-induced oxidative stress by modulating enzymatic antioxidant activities in roots of Oryza sativa.Ecotoxicology and environmental safety · 2022
- Heterologous production of β-pinene in the chloroplast of the marine diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum.New biotechnology · 2025
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Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 136.125
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- chemical formula
- C₁₀H₁₆
- canonical SMILES
- CC1(C2CCC(=C)C1C2)C
- Commons category
- Beta-Pinene
- melting point
- -61.5
- boiling point
- 166
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β-Pinene is a monoterpene, an organic compound found in plants. It is the less abundant of the two isomers of pinene, the other being α-pinene. It is a colorless liquid soluble in alcohol, but not water. It has a woody-green pine-like smell.
β-Pinene is one of the most abundant compounds released by forest trees. If oxidized in air, the allylic products of the pinocarveol and myrtenol family prevail.