oenanthol

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. A colorless, limpid, aromatic liquid (C₇H₁₄O) produced in the distillation of castor-oil. It rapidly oxidizes in the air, and becomes œnanthylic acid. By the action of nitric acid it yields an isomeric compound called metænanthol.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. (Chem.) An oily substance (C6H15.CHO) obtained by the distillation of castor oil, recognized as the aldehyde of œnanthylic acid, and hence called also œnanthaldehyde.