A dry, woody-camphoraceous hydrocarbon note with a fresh, slightly piney and terpenic character. Reminiscent of dicyclopentadiene but softer and more diffusive, it lends a clean woody-terpenic lift often used as a bridging or extender note in pine, fir and modern woody accords.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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White crystals or colorless, opaque, fused mass.
Practically insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.
Peculiar earthy, mossy-musty odor, sweet-camphoraceous, warm and having some of the typical notes of Patchouli.
The title hydrocarbon has found some use in perfumery since it is very stable in soap, blends well with Oakmoss, Patchouli, Lavender, Opopanax, Ambregris materials, Sandalwood materials, etc.
Produced by polymerization of Dicyclopentadiene, e.g. by heating. This hydrocarbon is obtained by self-condensation of Cyclopentadiene.