Sobrerol is a
mucolytic.
History
Sobrerol was discovered by
Ascanio Sobrero
Ascanio Sobrero (12 October 1812 – 26 May 1888) was an Italian chemist, born in Casale Monferrato. He was studying under Théophile-Jules Pelouze at the University of Turin, who had worked with the explosive material guncotton.
He studied me ...
as an oxidation product of
terpenes. Later the oxidation and reduction reactions of chiral
pinene lead also to several possible isomers of
carvone (the corresponding cyclohexyl ketone dehydrated at the isopropyl) and sobrerol, making it possible to determine reaction mechanism and the structural properties of pinene and of other terpenes.
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Expectorants
Tertiary alcohols
Cyclohexenes
Monoterpenes
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