Capnomor (from Greek smoke + part) is a colorless oil with an aromatic odor which is extracted by distillation from beechwood tar. Its specific gravity is 0.9775 at 20 °C and boiling point is 185 °C. It was discovered in the 1830s by the German chemist Baron Karl von Reichenbach.
References
- Leopold Gmelin (1848). Hand-book of chemistry. Vol. 15. Translated by Henry Watts. London: Cavendish Society. pp. 161–162. OCLC 14840730 – via Google Books.
- Reichenbach. J. prak. Chem. 1(1)
- Berselius, Jahrbuch de Chemie 15:402
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