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Definition of Linalool
1. Noun. A colorless fragrant liquid found in many essential oils.
Definition of Linalool
1. Noun. (chemistry) A monoterpene alcohol found in many essential oils. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Linalool
1. a fragrant alcohol [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Linalool
Literary usage of Linalool
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Recent Advances in Organic Chemistry by Alfred Walter Stewart (1920)
"Geraniol, Nerol, and linalool. If we reduce citral with sodium amalgam in an
alcoholic solution weakly acidified with acetic acid, a mixture of two isomeric ..."
2. A Practical Treatise on Animal and Vegetable Fats and Oils: Comprising Both by William Theodore Brannt, Karl Schaedler (1896)
"The oxidation products of linalool were investigated some time ago in the laboratory
of Schimmel ..."
3. The Volatile Oils by Eduard Gildemeister, Friedrich Hoffmann (1900)
"The regenerated linalool must be removed from the alcoholic alkaline solution
... Artificially, linalool is obtained, although only in the inactive state, ..."
4. King's American Dispensatory by John King, Harvey Wickes Felter, John Uri Lloyd (1900)
"The fully matured fruits yield most of this ester. Furthermore, free linalool,
dextro-limonene, perhaps dipentene, and 5 per cent of inodorous ..."
5. The Chemistry of the Non-benzenoid Hydrocarbons and Their Simple Derivatives by Benjamin Talbott Brooks (1922)
"It is not easily isolated or purified since it yields no crystalline addition
products or derivatives from which linalool can easily be regenerated. ..."
6. The Philippine Journal of Science by Philippines Bureau of Science (1908)
"Fractions 1 to 5 seem to consist of a mixture of terpenes with linalool and benzyl
alcohol, with possibly a small amount of amyl or hexyl alcohol. ..."
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