a_bab
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Thymol uses ?
I found a cheap source for 10 kilos of thymol and maybe 8 kilos of pure menthol. I was wondering what could be the use of these chems, besides some
cooling experiments and lifetime supply for enforced mint tea? Please come up with ideas.
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JohnWW
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Thyme oil, the major constituent of which is thymol, is used as a flavorant in sausages, as an antiseptic (being a phenol derivative), and in herbal
shampoos. Thymol can be prepared from m-cresol and isopropanol. It may be converted to menthol by hydrogenation of the aromatic ring, if the -OH is
protected e.g. by methoxylation.
John W.
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Nitrate it. It could make picric acid or it could make 2,4,6,trinitro-3-methylphenol. Could be interesting.
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a_bab
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I think that I'll get just TNP. Nearly all the phenol rings will render TNP eventually: salicilic acid, ASA, and others. Well, it depends on the
nitration conditions.
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