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trans-β-Farnesene [(E)-β-Farnesene, CAS 18794-84-8] is a 15 carbon, long-chain, branched, unsaturated hydrocarbon. It offers unique physical properties and chemical reactivity for new materials.
Amyris’s trans-β-farnesene is the renewable building block for the market you want to create. Its molecular structure makes it unique and attractive as a scaffold for specialty chemical applications.
Other applications include:
Amyris’s trans-β-Farnesene is produced through fermentation of sugars by yeast. Target genes are selected to change the yeast’s metabolism, converting the yeast from an ethanol-producing organism into a hydro-carbon producing organism. Amyris’s platform enables the production of selected molecules at high purity levels. It also provides three distinct advantages over the existing sources: first, it efficiently produces compounds that can’t be made by chemical synthesis; |
second, it replaces compounds typically derived from plant sources that can’t be extracted reliably; and third, it replaces compounds made from petrochemicals, with renewable compounds. This technology platform is revolutionary in allowing commercially viable levels of production of the trans-β-Farnesene molecule. |
GC Purity |
≥95% Weight % |
Water: |
≤400 ppm |
Color: |
Colorless to faint-yellow |
Additional Information | |
Recommended storage conditions: | +4ºC |
CAS Number: | 18794-84-8 |
EC Number | 242-582-0 |
Empirical Formula: | C15H24 |
Molecular weight: | 204.35 |
Safety Data Sheet (SDS) |
High purity, high value |
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