noun
- Plural of camphene; a hydrocarbon compound found in essential oils and used in organic synthesis and perfumery.
Usage: chemistry; technical
Examples
- Camphenes are volatile organic compounds commonly found in pine and fir oils.
- The laboratory isolated several camphenes from the plant extract.
- Camphenes contribute to the characteristic aroma of many essential oils.
- Researchers studied the reactivity of different camphenes in synthetic reactions.