Citronella Essential Oil

Citronella Essential Oil – ¹H and ¹³C NMR Analysis

The data below shows the ability of ¹³C NMR to assign the natural product distribution found in essential oils. Once assignment of the oil hgas been obtained by ¹³C NMR the ¹H NMR can also be assigned. For QA/QC a benchtop 60 MHz system has enough resolution that authenticity of essential oils can be performed either visually of by PCA type analysis.

Ger – Geraniol         GerAc – Geranyl Acetate        iEugMe – Methylisoeugenol       Bor – Borneol

aPin – alpha-pinene        Lim –  Limonene        tOci – trans-beta-Ocimene      Cen – Camphene

Cllo – Citronellol        Clla – Citronellal        GenD – Germacrene D         aCal – Citral A (Geranial)

aTol – alpha-Terpiniol         cOci – cis-beta-Ocimene        Myr – Myrcene

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