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Geraniol

Geraniol is an acyclic monoterpene alcohol and, with citronellol, one of the two largest constituents of the damask-rose oils that have been profiled; it is also in the absolute.

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Name
geraniol
documented

Geraniol

PUBCHEM-637566 · PubChem Compound Summary for CID 637566, Geraniol ((2E)-3,7-dimethylocta-2,6-dien-1-ol) · read 2026-09-27

confidence A

CAS
106-24-1
documented

verified: the CAS is among the CID's PubChem synonyms

PUBCHEM-637566 · PubChem Compound Summary for CID 637566, Geraniol ((2E)-3,7-dimethylocta-2,6-dien-1-ol) · read 2026-09-27

confidence A

PubChem CID
637566
documented

PUBCHEM-637566 · PubChem Compound Summary for CID 637566, Geraniol ((2E)-3,7-dimethylocta-2,6-dien-1-ol) · read 2026-09-27

confidence A

Formula
C10H18O
documented

PUBCHEM-637566 · PubChem Compound Summary for CID 637566, Geraniol ((2E)-3,7-dimethylocta-2,6-dien-1-ol) · read 2026-09-27

confidence A

Molecular weight
154.25
documented

PUBCHEM-637566 · PubChem Compound Summary for CID 637566, Geraniol ((2E)-3,7-dimethylocta-2,6-dien-1-ol) · read 2026-09-27

g/mol, as PubChem states it

confidence A

IUPAC name
(2E)-3,7-dimethylocta-2,6-dien-1-ol
documented

PUBCHEM-637566 · PubChem Compound Summary for CID 637566, Geraniol ((2E)-3,7-dimethylocta-2,6-dien-1-ol) · read 2026-09-27

confidence A

SMILES
CC(=CCC/C(=C/CO)/C)C
documented

PUBCHEM-637566 · PubChem Compound Summary for CID 637566, Geraniol ((2E)-3,7-dimethylocta-2,6-dien-1-ol) · read 2026-09-27

confidence A

InChIKey
GLZPCOQZEFWAFX-JXMROGBWSA-N
documented

PUBCHEM-637566 · PubChem Compound Summary for CID 637566, Geraniol ((2E)-3,7-dimethylocta-2,6-dien-1-ol) · read 2026-09-27

confidence A

Odour threshold
1.1 µg/kg in water (orthonasal odour detection threshold in water, determined by the method of Czerny et al. 2008, Eur Food Res Technol 228:265–273, as the database states)
measured

OT-1 · Kreissl J, Mall V, Steinhaus P, Steinhaus M · read 2026-09-30

the retronasal threshold in the same study is 2.5 µg/kg (OT-1); an older compiled value, 40–75 ppb in water (OT-4), states no method

confidence A

Descriptors
rose-like, citrus-like
documented

geraniol | CAS 106-24-1 | Odor quality: rose-like, citrus-like

OT-1 · Kreissl J, Mall V, Steinhaus P, Steinhaus M · read 2026-09-30

confidence A

Volatility class
not on record
not on record

the simulator’s data has no entry for geraniol

Regulation
documented

EU-2009-1223: each record above quotes its entry.

3D structure
PubChem computed 3D conformer · 29 atoms, 28 bonds
modeled

PUBCHEM-637566 · PubChem Compound Summary for CID 637566, Geraniol ((2E)-3,7-dimethylocta-2,6-dien-1-ol) · read 2026-09-27

PubChem’s computed 3D conformer: a model, drawn schematically, not an experimental structure (the site’s molecule data note)

confidence A

Occurs in
In teaching accords

Sources

  1. PUBCHEM-637566 · PubChem Compound Summary for CID 637566, Geraniol ((2E)-3,7-dimethylocta-2,6-dien-1-ol). National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), U.S. National Library of Medicine; live database, read 2026-09-27 through the PUG REST endpoints listed in the site’s molecule data. pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/637566 · read 2026-09-27 · PubChem data are provided by NCBI; the computed conformer is PubChem-generated. No file from PubChem is stored besides the derived JSON (PUBCHEM-108242, "Licence / reuse", written for CID 108242 and read as PubChem’s general terms; the terms for this CID were not re-read).
  2. S6 · Kumar A, Gautam RD, Singh S, Chauhan R, Kumar M, Kumar D, Kumar A, Singh S. Phenotyping floral traits and essential oil profiling revealed considerable variations in clonal selections of damask rose (Rosa damascena Mill.). Scientific Reports 2023;13:8101. DOI 10.1038/s41598-023-34972-5. PMID 37208367. PMCID PMC10198992. doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-34972-5 · read 2026-09-27 · CC BY (Europe PMC)
  3. GC-1 · Çevikbaş H, Ulusoy S, Kaya Kinaytürk N. Exploring rose absolute and phenylethyl alcohol as novel quorum sensing inhibitors in Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Chromobacterium violaceum. Scientific Reports 2024;14:15666. DOI 10.1038/s41598-024-66888-z. PMID 38977845. PMCID PMC11231148. doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-66888-z · read 2026-09-27 · CC BY (Europe PMC)
  4. S11 · Zhao CY, Xue J, Cai XD, Guo J, Li B, Wu S. Assessment of the key aroma compounds in rose-based products. Journal of Food and Drug Analysis 2016;24:471–476. DOI 10.1016/j.jfda.2016.02.013. PMID 28911551. PMCID PMC9336667. doi.org/10.1016/j.jfda.2016.02.013 · read 2026-09-27 · CC BY-NC-ND (Europe PMC)
  5. GC-2 · Ulusoy S, Boşgelmez-Tınaz G, Seçilmiş-Canbay H. Tocopherol, carotene, phenolic contents and antibacterial properties of rose essential oil, hydrosol and absolute. Current Microbiology 2009;59(5):554–558. DOI 10.1007/s00284-009-9475-y. PMID 19688375. doi.org/10.1007/s00284-009-9475-y · read 2026-09-27
  6. OT-1 · Kreissl J, Mall V, Steinhaus P, Steinhaus M. Leibniz-LSB@TUM Odorant Database, Version 1.2. Leibniz Institute for Food Systems Biology at the Technical University of Munich: Freising, Germany, 2022. www.leibniz-lsb.de/en/databases/leibniz-lsbtum-o… · read 2026-09-30 · free of charge; scientific use encouraged with full acknowledgement; systematic download or reproduction needs written permission (its copyright page, read 2026-09-30): single values are cited with their references, the responses are not filed
  7. EU-2009-1223 · Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on cosmetic products (recast). OJ L 342, 22.12.2009, p. 59. eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2009/1223/oj · read 2026-09-30 · EU legislation; reuse terms not re-read (UNVERIFIED); quoted

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this record as data: /data/molecule/geraniol.json · version 3 · updated 2026-09-30 · confidence A