Green, herbaceous, and slightly minty with a cool camphoraceous edge reminiscent of catnip (its natural source). Has a fresh aromatic quality with subtle lactonic-woody undertones as it develops.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 1001.
Pale yellowish oil.
Practically insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.
Warm-spicy and very tenacious odor with an almost choking sweetness often classified as 'nauseating'.
This lactone is mentioned briefly in this work because it has found extensive use as a cat lure.
1) by isolation from American catnip oil (about 45% lactone). 2) synthetic, from Ethyl 3-methyl-2-oxocyclopentane carboxylate with Bromo butyne.