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homodihydrocapsaicin
Sign in to saveHomodihydrocapsaicin is a capsaicinoid and analog and congener of capsaicin in chili peppers (Capsicum). Like capsaicin it is an irritant. Homodihydrocapsaicin accounts for about 1% of the total capsaicinoids mixture and has about half the pungency of capsaicin. Pure homodihydrocapsaicin is a lipophilic colorless odorless crystalline to waxy compound. It produces "numbing burn" in the throat and is one of the most prolonged and difficult to rinse out. On the Scoville scale it has 8,600,000 SHU (Scoville heat units).
Key facts
- Pepper.heat
- Above peak
- Pepper.scoville
- 8,600,000
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Chemical data
- Formula
- C19H31NO3
- Molecular weight
- 321.5 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- N-[(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)methyl]-9-methyldecanamide
- SMILES
- CC(C)CCCCCCCC(=O)NCC1=CC(=C(C=C1)O)OC
- InChIKey
- AKDLSISGGARWFP-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 5
- Polar surface area
- 58.6 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 2
- H-bond acceptors
- 3
- Formal charge
- 0
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Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 321.23
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- chemical formula
- C₁₉H₃₁NO₃
- Scoville grade
- 8600000
- canonical SMILES
- CC(C)CCCCCCCC(=O)NCC1=CC(=C(C=C1)O)OC
- found in taxon
- Phylica pubescens
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Homodihydrocapsaicin is a capsaicinoid and analog and congener of capsaicin in chili peppers (Capsicum). Like capsaicin it is an irritant. Homodihydrocapsaicin accounts for about 1% of the total capsaicinoids mixture and has about half the pungency of capsaicin. Pure homodihydrocapsaicin is a lipophilic colorless odorless crystalline to waxy compound. It produces "numbing burn" in the throat and is one of the most prolonged and difficult to rinse out. On the Scoville scale it has 8,600,000 SHU (Scoville heat units).
== See also == Capsaicin Dihydrocapsaicin Nordihydrocapsaicin Homocapsaicin Nonivamide Scoville scale Pepper spray Spice
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