geraniol

[ juh-rey-nee-awl, -ol ]

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noun

, Chemistry.

a colorless or pale-yellow terpene alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, with a geraniumlike odor, found in rose oil, soluble in alcohol and ether, insoluble in water: used in perfumes and flavors.

geraniol

/ dʒɪˈrɑː-; dʒɪˈreɪnɪˌɒl /

a colourless or pale yellow terpine alcohol with an odour of roses, found in many essential oils: used in perfumery. Formula: C 10 H 18 O

< German Geraniol (1871); geranium, -ol ¹

C19: from gerani ( um + alcoh ) ol

It is also a favourite adulterant for otto of rose, and is used as a source of geraniol.

Geraniol by oxidation goes into the aldehyde, citral, which occurs in lemons, oranges and verbena flowers.

It is very largely used for perfuming cheap soaps, and also serves as a source for the production of geraniol.

This oil consists mainly of linalol, together with small quantities of methyl heptenone, geraniol, and d-terpineol.

The oil consists chiefly of geraniol, free, and combined with acetic and caproic acids, and dipentene.

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