Phenylpropene is the
organic compound
In chemistry, organic compounds are generally any chemical compounds that contain carbon-hydrogen or carbon-carbon bonds. Due to carbon's ability to catenate (form chains with other carbon atoms), millions of organic compounds are known. T ...
with the formula C
6H
5CH
2CH=CH
2. It is a colorless liquid. The compound consists of a phenyl group attached to
allyl. Phenylpropene isomerizes to
trans-propenylbenzene.
In plant biochemistry, the phenylpropene skeleton is the parent (simplest representation) of the
phenylpropanoids. Prominent derivatives include
eugenol
Eugenol is an allyl chain-substituted guaiacol, a member of the allylbenzene class of chemical compounds. It is a colorless to pale yellow, aromatic oily liquid extracted from certain essential oils especially from clove, nutmeg, cinnamon, ...
,
safrole
Safrole is an organic compound with the formula CH2O2C6H3CH2CH=CH2. It is a colorless oily liquid, although impure samples can appear yellow. A member of the phenylpropanoid family of natural products, it is found in sassafras plants, among oth ...
, and many others.
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