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Pinane is a set of isomeric terpenes. Existing as chiral cis and trans isomers, they arise from the hydrogenation of pinene. Both isomers undergo reaction with air to give 2-pinane hydroperoxides, also with chiral cis and trans isomers.[1] Partial reduction of these isomers gives 2-pinanol.[2]

References

  1. ^ Erman, Mark B.; Kane, Bernard J. (2008). "Chemistry Around Pinene and Pinane: A Facile Synthesis of Cyclobutanes and Oxatricyclo‐Derivative of Pinane from cis‐ and trans‐Pinanols". Chemistry & Biodiversity. 5 (6): 910–919. doi:10.1002/cbdv.200890104. PMID 18618388. S2CID 24782774.
  2. ^ Eggersdorfer, Manfred (2000). "Terpenes". Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry. Weinheim: Wiley-VCH. doi:10.1002/14356007.a26_205. ISBN 978-3527306732.
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