A fresh, cool woody-camphoraceous aromachemical with a distinct minty-terpenic lift and a dry, slightly green undertone. Related structurally to carvone/cyclohexenone terpenes, it reads as clean, transparent and slightly medicinal on the strip.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 1180.
Colorless liquid
Practically insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils
Woody-minty, yet sweet-herbaceous odor of moderate to poor tenacity
Suggested for use in perfume compositions, the main interest in the material was based upon a temporary production of the ketone as a by-product from two Australian Eucalyptus oils (Eucalyptus polybractea and Eucalyptus cneorifolia). These oils are no longer available and no longer interesting to produce.
1) by isolation from certain Eucalyptus oils; 2) from Nopinene and Sabinene by reaction with diluted sulfuric acid; 3) by Autoxidation of beta-Phellandrene