A light, fresh citrus-peel odor reminiscent of orange and lemon rind, with a slightly turpentine-like hydrocarbon edge. The racemic form lacks the pronounced sweet-orange character of d-limonene or the piney-lemon nuance of l-limonene, sitting between the two as a generic bright citrus terpene that flashes off quickly.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 439.
Colorless mobile liquid.
Insoluble in water, almost insoluble in Propylene glycol and Glycerin, soluble in alcohol, miscible with most oils.
Pure Dipentene smells pleasantly citrusy, almost lemon-like, fresh and sweet.
Good grade Dipentene is very useful in perfumery as a 'lift' in citrusy fragrances, and in the reconstruction of many essential oils (Bergamot, Lime, Lemon, etc.).
Produced by isolation (fractionation) from American Pine oil, and from rosin oils. It also appears as a by-product in the manufacture of Terpineol (particularly in Europe) and in various synthetic products made from alpha-Pinene or Turpentine oil. Also by thermal polymerisation of Isoprene.