Talk:Α-Pinene

Odor
The ponderosa pine bark has an odor that resembkes vanilla and butter scotch. The park service claims that the odor is caused by alpha pinene. My knowledge as a pharmacist inclines me to think that alpha pine has a pine odor. I will be grateful for any information.

Thank you     David Mattichak   email  davmattATadelphia.net


 * alpha-Pinene is a major constituent of turpentine, and it smells rather like that (as you might expect). I don't think it has a vanilla/butterscotch smell - but smells can be peculiar, depend on concentrations and other constituents, etc.  The main constituent of vanilla is vanillin, an aromatic aldehyde.  Can't help more, I'm afraid! Walkerma 05:28, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

3D Image
A 3D image would help this article a lot. --Hamsterlopithecus (talk) 12:10, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I added a couple of images that were in pinene. I hope this helps.  -- Ed (Edgar181) 12:25, 7 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I think the 3D images for the + and - confirmations are in the wrong order. Could somebody please check? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.106.226.115 (talk) 13:48, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

Problem: The 3D images uploaded for the +/- enantiomers of camphor shown seem to be the exact same molecules, and not mirror images of one-another. Pillowmurder (talk) 13:56, 14 June 2010 (UTC)

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SMILES for this entry is wrong
The smiles for this entry has 12 carbons but a-pinene has the formula C10H16. The SMILES should be regenerated. --Steinbeck (talk) 13:00, 11 May 2009 (UTC)
 * The SMILES string currently in the article - C\1=C(\[C@@H]2C[C@H](C/1)C2(C)C)C - is correct and has 10 carbons. -- Ed (Edgar181) 19:40, 14 July 2011 (UTC)

Iodine Addition?
As far as I can tell, the Iodine addition in the reaction chart is incorrect. I am almost certain that I2 addition to alpha-pinene results in a diiodinated product.

Reference here: http://jchemed.chem.wisc.edu/JCESoft/CCA/CCA5/MAIN/1ORGANIC/ORG06/TRAM06/C/0193424/MOVIE.HTM — Preceding unsigned comment added by 140.247.155.242 (talk) 19:31, 14 July 2011 (UTC)
 * It's quite possible that the product will vary depending on the reaction conditions. Under some conditions, elimination of hydrogen iodide following the addition of iodine could give the product shown.  -- Ed (Edgar181) 19:44, 14 July 2011 (UTC)

ChEBI entry in ChemBox
I corrected the ChEBI entry to point to the class alpha-Pinene. The previous entry pointed to (-)-alpha-pinene, which is only one of the two enantiomers discussed here. Ideally, the ChemBox would allow for listing the class CHEBI:36740 and the two enantiomers CHEBI:28660 and CHEBI:28261, like it is done for the CAS numbers. Can anyone enlighten me if we have a mechanism for this? Csteinbeck (talk) 13:17, 19 May 2016 (UTC)
 * . Yes, in the infobox template in addition to "| ChEBI =" you can use "| ChEBI1 =" and "| ChEBI2 = " etc.  -- Ed (Edgar181) 13:31, 19 May 2016 (UTC)

Excellent, thanks. Csteinbeck (talk) 14:21, 19 May 2016 (UTC)

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