1,7,7-Trimethylbicyclo[2,2,1]heptan-2-one (Gum Camphor, CHEM-009), 15 g (Item 1135)

1,7,7-Trimethylbicyclo[2,2,1]heptan-2-one (Gum Camphor, CHEM-009), 15 g (Item 1135)

1,7,7-Trimethylbicyclo[2,2,1]heptan-2-one, 15 g. Camphor Gum. This is a BenchMark Legacy Chemical^TM. Our Legacy Chemicals are made for those amateur scientists and collectors who wish to recreate chemistry sets such as the ones built and sold the A.C. Gilbert Company. Our chemicals are update with glass bottles, Bakelite lids and use the highest quality technical, pharmaceutical, laboratory grade or reagent chemicals. Our BenchMark Legacy Chemicals can be purchased in complete or partial sets to correspond with the requirements of the oldest chemistry set manuals. Camphor is a waxy, white or transparent solid with a strong, aromatic odor.[3] It is a terpenoid with the chemical formula C₁₀H₁₆O. It is found in wood of the camphor laurel (Cinnamomum camphora), a large evergreen tree found in Asia (particularly in Borneo and Taiwan, hence its alternate name). It also occurs in some other related trees in the laurel family, notably Ocotea usambarensis. It can also be synthetically produced from oil of turpentine. It is used for its scent, as an ingredient in cooking (mainly in India), as an embalming fluid, in religious ceremonies and for medicinal purposes. Reprinted from Wikipedia. Click here for the Material Safety Data Sheet.