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Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in theirstandard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). | |||
Cadinenes are a group ofisomerichydrocarbons that occur in a wide variety ofessential oil-producing plants. The name is derived from that of theCade juniper (Juniperus oxycedrus L.), the wood of which yields an oil from which cadinene isomers were first isolated.
Chemically, the cadinenes arebicyclicsesquiterpenes. The termcadinene has sometimes also been used in a broad sense to refer to any sesquiterpene with the so-called cadalane (4-isopropyl-1,6-dimethyldecahydronaphthalene) carbon skeleton. Because of the large number of known double-bond and stereochemical isomers, this class of compounds has been subdivided into four subclasses based on therelative stereochemistry at the isopropyl group and the twobridgehead carbon atoms.[1] The namecadinene is now properly used only for the first subclass below, which includes the compounds originally isolated fromcade oil. Only oneenantiomer of each subclass is depicted, with the understanding that the other enantiomer bears the same subclass name.
