A fresh, green-herbal aromachemical with a light minty-camphoraceous lift and a mildly earthy undertone. Reads clean and slightly cooling on the blotter, without much sweetness or floral character.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 848.
Colorless mobile liquid.
Very slightly soluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.
Green-leafy, herbaceous, slightly oily and choking odor of poor tenacity.
This chemical has been suggested for use in perfumery, and when available at sufficiently low cost, it could find some use as part of masking odors for industrial purposes.
1) by reduction of 2-Methylcyclopentanone, which can be obtained by distillation of Methyladipic acid. 2) by Grignard type reaction upon Cyclopentene oxide.