linalool
noun
a colorless, unsaturated terpene liquid alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, having a fragrance similar to that of bergamot oil, obtained from several essential oils: used in perfumery.
linalol
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a variation of
linalool.
Example Sentences
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This oil consists mainly of linalol, together with small quantities of methyl heptenone, geraniol, and d-terpineol.
From The Handbook of Soap Manufacture by W. H. Simmons
The chief constituents of the oil are limonene, linalol, linalyl acetate, geraniol, methyl anthranilate, indol, and neroli camphor.
From The Handbook of Soap Manufacture by W. H. Simmons
The oil consists almost entirely of linalol, with traces of saponifiable bodies, but appears to be free from methyl heptenone, found by Barbier and Bouveault in Mexican linaloe oil.
From The Handbook of Soap Manufacture by W. H. Simmons
Linalyl acetate, or artificial bergamot oil, is the ester formed when linalol is treated with acetic anhydride.
From The Handbook of Soap Manufacture by W. H. Simmons
The chief constituents of the oil are: linalol, cineol, borneol, terpineol, geraniol, pinene, camphene and camphor.
From The Handbook of Soap Manufacture by W. H. Simmons
