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thymol
Sign in to saveAlso known as 3-p-cymenol, 6-isopropyl-m-cresol, 2-isopropyl-5-methylphenol, 1-hydroxy-5-methyl-2-isopropylbenzene, 5-methyl-2-isopropylphenol, 6-isopropyl-3-methylphenol, isopropyl cresol, 6-isopropyl-p-cresol
Thymol (also known as 2-isopropyl-5-methylphenol, IPMP), , is a monoterpenoid, phenol derivative of p-cymene, isomeric with carvacrol. It occurs naturally in oil of thyme and is extracted from Thymus vulgaris (common thyme), ajwain, and various other plants, as a white crystalline substance with a pleasant aromatic odor.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C10H14O
- Molecular weight
- 150.22 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 5-methyl-2-propan-2-ylphenol
- SMILES
- CC1=CC(=C(C=C1)C(C)C)O
- InChIKey
- MGSRCZKZVOBKFT-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 3.3
- Polar surface area
- 20.2 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 1
- H-bond acceptors
- 1
- Formal charge
- 0
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Research
8,153 papers- Thymol, thyme, and other plant sources: Health and potential uses.Phytotherapy research : PTR · 2018
- Bifidobacterium pseudolongum-Derived Bile Acid from Dietary Carvacrol and Thymol Supplementation Attenuates Colitis via cGMP-PKG-mTORC1 Pathway.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2024
- Thymol and carvacrol supplementation in poultry health and performance.Veterinary medicine and science · 2022
- Carvacrol and Thymol Hybrids: Potential Anticancer and Antibacterial Therapeutics.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
- Effects of Carvacrol, Thymol and essential oils containing such monoterpenes on wound healing: a systematic review.The Journal of pharmacy and pharmacology · 2019
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Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 150.104
- Image
- Thymol substance photo 2.jpg
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- Commons category
- Thymol
- chemical formula
- C₁₀H₁₄O
- melting point
- 51.5
- boiling point
- 232.55
- density
- 0.97
- refractive index
- 1.5227
- solubility
- 1
- vapor pressure
- 100
- canonical SMILES
- CC1=CC(=C(C=C1)C(C)C)O
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Article
11 sectionsContents
- Chemical synthesis
- History
- Extraction
- Uses
- List of plants that contain thymol
- Toxicology and environmental impacts
- Environmental breakdown and use as a pesticide
- Compendial status
- See also
- Notes and references
- External links
Thymol (also known as 2-isopropyl-5-methylphenol, IPMP), , is a monoterpenoid, phenol derivative of p-cymene, isomeric with carvacrol. It occurs naturally in oil of thyme and is extracted from Thymus vulgaris (common thyme), ajwain, and various other plants, as a white crystalline substance with a pleasant aromatic odor.
Thymol provides the distinctive flavor of the culinary herb thyme, also produced from T. vulgaris. Thymol is only slightly soluble in water at neutral pH, but due to deprotonation of the phenol, it is highly soluble in alcohols, other organic solvents, and strongly alkaline aqueous solutions.