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Tobacco companies disproportionately advertised cigarettes containing this flavorant to Black Americans in the 1960s and 1970s. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this compound responsible for the flavor and cold-inducing feeling of mint. The FDA authorized vape companies to market products containing this compound in June 2024.
ANSWER: menthol
[10h] Perhaps the most significant industrial application of this chemist’s Nobel Prize work was an asymmetric synthesis of menthol from myrcene. This Japanese chemist pioneered using rhodium with BINAP ligands to catalyze asymmetric hydrogenations.
ANSWER: Ryōji Noyori [or Noyori Ryōji]
[10m] Like most other essential oils, natural menthol extraction from the mint plant typically uses the “steam” form of this procedure. A Perkin triangle may be used to perform this procedure under low pressures.
ANSWER: distillation [accept steam distillation or vacuum distillation]
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