Menthol
Uses
Justification Questioned
Other
Tertiary alcohol, cf. sodium production
Natural occurrence
All plants in the mentha (mint) group produce menthol, stored mostly in the leaves, even dried.
Hazards
Character
Production
Extraction
Extraction
Dried mint leaves
Video: Steam distillation from mint
- Steam distill dried miont leaves
- Wxtract with dichloromethane
- Recrystallize from propanone
Testing
Purification
recrystallize from propanone or dichloromethane