A cool, camphoraceous ketone with a sharp herbal-minty top and a piney, terpenic edge. Reminiscent of eucalyptus and rosemary crushed leaves, with a slightly medicinal, resinous facet. Dry and green rather than sweet.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 1147.
Pale yellowish or straw-colored liquid.
Insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.
Powerful camphoraceous-minty odor of moderate to poor stability, but good diffusive power.
It has attracted some attention in perfumery research.
1) by isolation from the tail fractions of Spanish Eucalyptus oil. These fractions contain about 15% total ketones. 2) by hydrolysis of Nitrosopinene with Oxalic acid.