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geraniol Chem.|dʒəˈreɪnɪɒl|
[a. G. geraniol (O. Jacobsen 1871, in Ann. d. Chem. und Pharm. CLVII. 234), f. geranium + -ol.]
A colourless oil with a fragrance of roses that is present in many essential oils (as geranium oil and rose oil) and is used extensively in perfumery; it is an open-chain primary alcohol of the terpene series, C10H18O.
1871Jrnl. Chem. Soc. XXIV. 261 By repeated fractional distillation..a liquid was obtained..called by the author geraniol. 1906, etc. [see citronellal, -ol s.v. citronella]. 1923Nature 29 Dec. 952/1 Of active principles, australol, geraniol, citral, and piperitol gave coefficients of 22·5, 21, 19·5, and 13 respectively. 1949E. Guenther Essential Oils II. 173 Geraniol serves extensively in the perfume, cosmetic, soap, and flavor industries. 1971Sci. Amer. May 6/2 Chemical stereoisomers, whose molecules are mirror-images of one another, often taste and smell different from one another. For example, geraniol smells like roses while its stereoisomer smells like fresh oil. |