A faint, dry woody-terpenic material with subtle balsamic undertones. Very low odor intensity; primarily used as a fixative or diluent-adjacent polyol derived from dipentene rather than as an active odorant.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 440.
Colorless, slightly viscous liquid.
Very slightly soluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.
Very mild, sweet, balsamic-floral odor of moderate tenacity.
The title material has found some use in perfumery, together with Limonene diol, the corresponding dihydric alcohol.
Produced by oxidation of Dipentene (or Limonene) with Potassium permanganate or with Hydrogen peroxide using an Osmium tetroxide catalyst.