Chemistry:Capnomor

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Capnomor (from Greek smoke + part) is a colorless oil with an aromatic odor which is extracted by distillation from beechwood tar. Its specific gravity is 0.9775 at 20 °C and boiling point is 185 °C.[1] It was discovered in the 1830s by the German chemist Baron Karl von Reichenbach.[2]

References

  1. Leopold Gmelin (1848). Hand-book of chemistry. 15. London: Cavendish Society. pp. 161–162. OCLC 14840730. https://books.google.com/books?id=7FUMAQAAIAAJ&dq=Capnomor&pg=PA163-IA1. 
  2. Reichenbach. J. prak. Chem. 1(1)
    - Berselius, Jahrbuch de Chemie 15:402