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cadalene
Sign in to saveCadalene or cadalin (4-isopropyl-1,6-dimethylnaphthalene) is a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon with a chemical formula C15H18 and a cadinane skeleton. It is derived from generic sesquiterpenes, and ubiquitous in essential oils of many higher plants.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C15H18
- Molecular weight
- 198.3 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 1,6-dimethyl-4-propan-2-ylnaphthalene
- SMILES
- CC1=CC2=C(C=CC(=C2C=C1)C)C(C)C
- InChIKey
- VMOJIHDTVZTGDO-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 5.6
- Polar surface area
- 0 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 0
- Formal charge
- 0
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Wikidata facts
- Has part
- carbon
- Mass
- 198.141
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- chemical formula
- C₁₅H₁₈
- canonical SMILES
- CC1=CC2=C(C=CC(=C2C=C1)C)C(C)C
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- Cadalene
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Cadalene or cadalin (4-isopropyl-1,6-dimethylnaphthalene) is a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon with a chemical formula C15H18 and a cadinane skeleton. It is derived from generic sesquiterpenes, and ubiquitous in essential oils of many higher plants.
Cadalene, together with retene, simonellite and ip-iHMN, is a biomarker of higher plants, which makes it useful for paleobotanic analysis of rock sediments.
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