Terpinene
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| Name = Terpinenes
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| ImageFileL1 = Alpha terpinene.png
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| ImageCaptionL1 = α-Terpinene
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| ImageFileR1 = Beta terpinene.png
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| ImageCaptionR1 = β-Terpinene
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| ImageCaptionL2 = γ-Terpinene
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| ImageCaptionR2 = δ-Terpinene
(terpinolene)
| IUPACName = α: 4-Methyl-1-(1-methylethyl)-1,3-cyclohexadiene
β: 4-Methylene-1-(1-methylethyl)cyclohexene
γ: 4-Methyl-1-(1-methylethyl)-1,4-cyclohexadiene
δ: 1-Methyl-4-(propan-2-ylidene)cyclohex-1-ene
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|Section1={{Chembox Identifiers
| CASNo = 99-86-5
| index_label = (α)
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| CASNo1 = 99-84-3
| index1_label = (β)
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| CASNo2 = 99-85-4
| index2_label = (γ)
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| CASNo3 = 586-62-9
| index3_label = (δ)
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| UNII = I24X278AP1
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| UNII1 = DV74J5RW4Y
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| UNII2 = 4YGF4PQP49
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| UNII3 = N9830X5KSL
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| ChemSpiderID1 = 60205
| ChemSpiderID2 = 7181
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| ChEBI = 10334
| ChEBI1 = 59159
| ChEBI2 = 10577
| ChEBI3 = 9457
| EC_number = 202-795-1
| EC_number1 = 202-793-0
| EC_number2 = 202-794-6
| EC_number3 = 209-578-0
| KEGG = C09898
| KEGG2 = C09900
| KEGG3 = C06075
| PubChem = 7462
| PubChem1 = 66841
| PubChem2 = 7461
| PubChem3 = 11463
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| StdInChI = 1S/C10H16/c1-8(2)10-6-4-9(3)5-7-10/h6,8H,3-5,7H2,1-2H3
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| InChI1=1S/C10H16/c1-8(2)10-6-4-9(3)5-7-10/h6,8H,3-5,7H2,1-2H3
| InChIKey1 = SCWPFSIZUZUCCE-UHFFFAOYSA-N
| InChI2=1S/C10H16/c1-8(2)10-6-4-9(3)5-7-10/h4,7-8H,5-6H2,1-3H3
| InChIKey2 = YKFLAYDHMOASIY-UHFFFAOYSA-N
| InChI3=1S/C10H16/c1-8(2)10-6-4-9(3)5-7-10/h4H,5-7H2,1-3H3
| InChIKey3 = MOYAFQVGZZPNRA-UHFFFAOYSA-N
| SMILES = CC1=CC=C(C(C)C)CC1
| SMILES1 = C=C1CC=C(C(C)C)CC1
| SMILES2 = CC1=CCC(C(C)C)=CC1
| SMILES3 = C/C(C)=C1CCC(C)=CC/1
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|Section2={{Chembox Properties
| C=10 | H=16
| Appearance =
| Density = α: 0.8375 g/cm3
β: 0.838 g/cm3
γ: 0.853 g/cm3
| MeltingPt = α: 60-61 °C
| BoilingPt = α: 173.5-174.8 °C
β: 173-174 °C
γ: 183 °C
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The terpinenes are a group of isomeric hydrocarbons that are classified as monoterpenes. They each have the same molecular formula and carbon framework, but they differ in the position of carbon-carbon double bonds. α-Terpinene has been isolated from cardamom and marjoram oils, and from other natural sources. β-Terpinene has no known natural source but has been prepared from sabinene. γ-Terpinene and δ-terpinene (also known as terpinolene) have been isolated from a variety of plant sources. They are all colorless liquids with a turpentine-like odor.{{cite encyclopedia|author=M. Eggersdorfer |chapter=Terpenes|encyclopedia=Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry|year=2005|publisher=Wiley-VCH|place=Weinheim|doi=10.1002/14356007.a26_205|isbn=3-527-30673-0}}
Production and uses
α-Terpinene is produced industrially by acid-catalyzed rearrangement of α-pinene. It has perfume and flavoring properties but is mainly used to confer pleasant odor to industrial fluids. Hydrogenation gives the saturated derivative p-menthane.
Biosynthesis of α-terpinene
The biosynthesis of α-terpinene and other terpenoids starts with the isomerization of geranyl pyrophosphate to linalyl pyrophosphate (LPP). LPP then forms a resonance-stabilized cation by loss of the pyrophosphate group. Cyclization is then completed thanks to this more favorable stereochemistry of the LPP cation, yielding a terpinyl cation.{{cite journal |doi=10.1021/acs.chemrev.7b00287|title=Structural and Chemical Biology of Terpenoid Cyclases |year=2017 |last1=Christianson |first1=David W. |journal=Chemical Reviews |volume=117 |issue=17 |pages=11570–11648 |pmid=28841019 |pmc=5599884 }} Finally, a 1,2-hydride shift via a Wagner-Meerwein rearrangement produces the terpinen-4-yl cation. It is the loss of a hydrogen from this cation that generates α-terpinene.
Plants that produce terpinene
| last = Li
| first = Rong
|author2=Zi-Tao Jiang
| title = Chemical composition of the essential oil of Cuminum cyminum L. from China
| journal = Flavour and Fragrance Journal
| volume = 19
| issue = 4
| pages = 311–313
| year = 2004
| doi = 10.1002/ffj.1302
| last1 = Wang
| first1 = Lu
| title = Ultrasonic nebulization extraction coupled with headspace single drop microextraction and gas chromatography–mass spectrometry for analysis of the essential oil in Cuminum cyminum L.
| journal = Analytica Chimica Acta
| volume = 647
| issue = 1
| pages = 72–77
| year = 2009
| doi = 10.1016/j.aca.2009.05.030
| pmid = 19576388
| last2 = Wang
| first2 = Z
| last3 = Zhang
| first3 = H
| last4 = Li
| first4 = X
| last5 = Zhang
| first5 = H | bibcode = 2009AcAC..647...72W
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| last1 = Iacobellis
| first1 = Nicola S.
| title = Antibacterial Activity of Cuminum cyminum L. and Carum carvi L. Essential Oils
| journal = Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
| volume = 53
| issue = 1
| pages = 57–61
| year = 2005
| doi = 10.1021/jf0487351
| pmid = 15631509
| last2 = Lo Cantore
| first2 = P
| last3 = Capasso
| first3 = F
| last4 = Senatore
| first4 = F | bibcode = 2005JAFC...53...57I
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- Melaleuca alternifolia
- Cannabis {{cite journal|last=Hillig|first=Karl W|date=October 2004|title=A chemotaxonomic analysis of terpenoid variation in Cannabis|journal=Biochemical Systematics and Ecology|volume=32|issue=10|pages=875–891|doi=10.1016/j.bse.2004.04.004|bibcode=2004BioSE..32..875H |issn=0305-1978}}
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