Organic Chemistry Project

by
Thanit Chitavatanabhakdi (Kenji)
 Eugenol
Currently accepted as “Syzygium aromaticum”
● first extracted from oil of cloves by Ettling in 1834
● received its name from Cahours in 1858
● Its exact pharmacological properties for the treatment received considerable attention, but have not
yet been fully determined

List of plant that eugenol naturally occur

● Cloves
● Wormwood
● Cinnamon
● Cinnamomum tamala
● Nutmeg
● Ocimum basilicum
Chemical/Physical properties
of the compound
Modern uses
● Perfumes, favouring, and
essential oils
● local antiseptic and
anaestetic
Structure and functional group

● Alcohol
(hydroxyl group)
● Ether
● Benzene
● Alkene
Piperine
● discovered in 1819 by “Hans Christian Orsted”
● extracted from black pepper but also can be found in white pepper
Chemical/Physical properties
of the compound
Modern uses
Chemical formula
● Spicy flavour
C H NO
17 19 3 ● Medical uses
○ Weight management
Molar mass 285.343 g·mol
−1 ○ Stress management

Density 3
1.193 g/cm

Melting point 130 °C (266 °F; 403

K)

Boiling point Decomposes

Structure and functional group

● Ether
● Ketone
● Benzene
● Alkene