safrole

Noun

Meaning

safrole (countable and uncountable, plural safroles)

(organic chemistry) A colourless to yellow liquid, a component of sassafras oil and brown camphor oil, with pesticidal properties.

Examples

Another method uses the Wacker process to oxidize safrole directly to the MDP2P intermediate with a palladium catalyst. Source: Internet

For example, safrole was used to flavor root beer until it was shown to be carcinogenic. Source: Internet

While sassafras is no longer used in commercially produced root beer and is sometimes substituted with artificial flavors, natural extracts with the safrole distilled and removed are available. Source: Internet

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