When Was Limonene First Discovered?
When Was Limonene First Discovered? 3 The discovery of ( -)-limonene (from Pinus sil- vrstrisJ) came a little later, making clear the constitution of the racemate, dipentene, which had been obtained from the distillation of rubber.” The correct formula was given by Wagner in 1894,6 and the first rational synthesis was by Perkin in 1905.