A key constituent of sandalwood oil, alpha-santalene smells softly woody with a mild creamy-milky undertone, though on its own it is quieter and drier than the full sandalwood profile. It lacks the rich lactonic sweetness of beta-santalol but contributes a smooth, transparent woody backdrop.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 1242.
Colorless oily liquid.
Insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.
Mild, sweet-woody odor of excellent tenacity.
It serves a purpose in its natural state as part of the Sandalwood oil picture.
1) by isolation from East Indian Sandalwood oil. 2) synthetic from Camphor via alpha-Bromo-camphor and its Grignard derivative to the title material.