nerol

American

[neer-awl, -ol, ner-] / ˈnɪər ɔl, -ɒl, ˈnɛr- /

noun

Chemistry.

a colorless, liquid, unsaturated alcohol, C 1 0 H 1 8 O, an isomeric form of geraniol occurring in neroli oil, used in perfumery.

Etymology

Origin of nerol

First recorded in 1900–05; ner(oli oil) + -ol ¹

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The most important are geraniol, citronellol, phenyl ethyl alcohol, together with nerol, linalol, citral, nonylic aldehyde, eugenol, a sesquiterpene alcohol, and the paraffin stearopten.

From The Handbook of Soap Manufacture by W. H. Simmons

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