A fresh, camphoraceous alcohol with a clean piney-woody character and a mild cooling effect. Softer and less sharp than borneol, with a slightly herbal, terpenic undertone reminiscent of pine needles and coniferous wood.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 1146.
White crystals.
Practically insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.
Fresh, camphor-menthol type odor of moderate to poor tenacity. The dextro-iso-isomer has a more dry, borneol-woody odor.
The title material is the most desirable from an olfactory point of view. This bicyclic terpene, which is an isomer of Dihydromyrtenol, has occasionally been available commercially in very large quantities, and therefore subject to some interest from the perfume industry, particularly with soap and detergent fragrances in mind. Its odor is quite suitable for modern type detergents as a departure from the straight pine or the medicated rosemary-type. It has more fresh lift, and it can be modified into a sweeter fragrance with proper additives.
1) by reduction of Pinocamphone or Pinocarvone with sodium and alcohol. 2) by catalytic hydrogenation of Pinocarveol, which is obtainable from beta-Pinene.