β-Pinene is one of the most abundant compounds released by forest trees.[4] If oxidized in air, the allylic products of the pinocarveol and myrtenol family prevail.[5]
Sources
Many plants from many botanical families contain the compound, including:
β-Pinene is usedin the production of other aroma compounds. It converts to myrcene upon heating at 500 °C. Nerol is obtained by careful fractional distillation of crude nerol from myrcene[12]).[13]
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^ abSurburg, Horst; Panten, Johannes (2016). Common fragrance and flavor materials: preparation, properties and uses (6. completely revised and updated ed.). Weinheim: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA. ISBN978-3-527-33160-4.