Sobrerol

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Sobrerol is a mucolytic.

Sobrerol was discovered by Ascanio Sobrero as an oxidation product of terpenes. Later the oxidation and reduction reactions of chiral pinene lead also to several possible isomeres of Carvone and Sobrerol, making it possible to determin reaction mechanism and the strucural properties of pinene and of other terpenes.

• G. G. Henderson, W. J. S. Eastburn (1909). “The conversion of pinene into sobrerol”. J. Chem. Soc., Trans. 95: 1465–1466. doi:10.1039/CT9099501465.
• H. E. Armstrong, W. J. Pope (1891). “Studies of the terpenes and allied compounds. Sobrerol, a product of the oxidation of terebenthene (oil of turpentine) in sunlight”. J. Chem. Soc., Trans. 59: 315–320. doi:10.1039/CT8915900315.
• H. Schmidt (1953). “Über cis- und trans-Sobrerol (optisch-aktives Pinolhydrat)”. Chemische Berichte. 86 (11): 1437–1444. doi:10.1002/cber.19530861112.
• Allegra L, Bossi R, Braga PC (1981). “Action of sobrerol on mucociliary transport”. Respiration. 42 (2): 105–9.CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)

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