Capnomor (from Greek smoke + part) is a colorless oil with an aromatic odor which is extracted by distillation from beechwood tar.
Its specific gravity is 0.9775 at 20 °C and boiling point is 185 °C.
[1] It was discovered in the 1830s by the German chemist Baron Karl von Reichenbach.
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