A phenolic, medicinal aromachemical closely related to thymol — dry, herbaceous and slightly camphoraceous with a thyme/oregano-like character. Less pungent than thymol itself, with a subdued spicy-woody undertone.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 1308.
Prismatic crystals.
Slightly soluble in cold water. Soluble in hot water and alcohol. Practically insoluble in oils.
Dry-woody, herbaceous-spicy odor of considerable tenacity. The herbaceous-spicy notes resemble Anise and Fennel, but do not have the palatable sweetness or attractive aroma of these oils.
The taste is equally woody-herbaceous, spicy, woody-Fennel-like at concentrations near 20 ppm. Bitter at higher concentrations.
The title phenol has been suggested for use in perfume compositions, and years ago also in flavors. Since Fennel oil has very little application in perfumes, and only high-grade Fennel oil has interest to the perfumer at all, the need for such chemical is very limited. The title material can be considered as practically obsolete in perfumery.
Produced by reduction of Thymoquinone with Sulfurous acid or with the aid of a catalyst.