A cool, fresh mint-like aroma with a clean camphoraceous edge. Less sweet and softer than l-menthol, with a somewhat woody-herbal undertone and only a mild physiological cooling effect.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 1001.
White or colorless crystals.
Very slightly soluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils, poorly soluble in propylene glycol, moderately soluble in mineral oil.
Refreshing Menthol type odor, but not quite as sweet as Menthol.
The taste is similar to that of Menthol at very low concentrations, but at concentrations higher than 5 ppm, there is more cooling effect from laevo-Menthol than from the title material.
This material is used as an extender for Menthol and Peppermint oils. Although it has been identified in certain types of Peppermint oil, this alcohol is not very popular as a flavor item.
Synthetic from dl-Menthone by Meerwein-Ponndorf-Verley reduction.