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Definition of Geraniol
1. Noun. (organic compound) A monoterpenoid alcohol found in the essential oils of rose, palmarosa and citronella ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Geraniol
1. an alcohol used in perfumes [n -S]
Medical Definition of Geraniol
1. An olefinic terpene alcohol that is the principal constituent of oil of rose and oil of palmarosa; also found in many other volatile oils, such as citronella and lemon grass. An isomer of linalool; an oily liquid with sweet rose odour used in perfumery. Also used as an insect attractant. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Geraniol
Literary usage of Geraniol
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. An Introduction to the Study of the Compounds of Carbon, Or, Organic Chemistry by Ira Remsen (1922)
"Both geraniol and linalool are very readily converted into terpenes and their
oxygen derivatives (447). ..."
3. Allen's Commercial Organic Analysis: A Treatise on the Properties, Modes of by Alfred Henry Allen (1911)
"Jacobsen detects geraniol in essential oils as follows: The oil—or ... If the
geraniol is present in the form of esters, it is of course saponified f1rst. ..."
4. A Practical Treatise on Animal and Vegetable Fats and Oils: Comprising Both by William Theodore Brannt, Karl Schaedler (1896)
"By boiling with acetic-anhydride it is possible to convert geraniol ... This fact
was ascertained by the aid of chemically pure geraniol recovered from its ..."
5. A Manuel of the Chemistry of the Carbon Compounds: Or, Organic Chemistry by Carl Schorlemmer (1874)
"geraniol, or Geranyl Alcohol ... is obtained by heating geraniol with hydrochloric
acid. ... is formed by heating geraniol with geranyl chloride. ..."
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