Terpene Chemistry : ex Pine Trees
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Did you know that the pine tree is at the heart of terpene chemistry?
Trust me, having worked around CST for some 5 years, it can be pretty stinky stuff! You see I worked at SCM Glidco Organics aka Glidco aka Millennium Specialty Chemicals.
Crude sulfate turpentine, from pine trees, was the feedstock for their terpene-based chemicals. Hello to stinky feedstock and welcome to terpene chemistry! Chemistry can be interesting. Did you know that the pine tree is at the heart of terpene chemistry? Terpene Chemistry > From Pine Trees!
Photo Credit: Portrait of Great Grey Owl (Strix Nebulosa) Behind Scots Pine Tree by Pete Cairns.
Terpene Chemistry : ex Pine Trees was originally created on December 10, 2007.
Contents at a Glance
Pine tree books
Terpenes: Flavors, Fragrances, Pharmaca, Pheromones
Get the wise facts here!
The 2006-2011 World Outlook for Sulfate Turpentine
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Drop me a line -- Learn something about Terpene Chemistry???
Hope I didn't lose you with this SCIENCE lesson!
Did you know that there was so much chemistry behind a pine tree???
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Andrew
Jun 16, 2011 @ 2:35 am | delete
- Wow, pine trees are not just ordinary after all.This is truly interesting.
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Terpene
Jan 26, 2011 @ 8:19 pm | delete
- When did you work for Glidco?
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W E Johnson
Dec 19, 2011 @ 12:42 pm | delete
- I worked there also from 11/62 thru 8/09 wltjohns2@aol.com
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KimGiancaterino Dec 14, 2010 @ 11:50 pm | delete
- I did not know much about terpene chemistry. Thanks for an interesting lesson!
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Maryann Sanders
Apr 30, 2010 @ 5:08 pm | delete
- Thanks...as a toxicologist who got pulled into an odor issue from a food paper product this was very helpful!!!
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ElizabethJeanAllen
Apr 13, 2009 @ 7:48 pm | delete
- My students complain. They don't understand why they need chemistry, but I think it's important to understand where the chemicals they use everyday come from.
I learned something new today.
Thank you,
Lizzy
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