1-hydroxymethyl-1,2,2,6-tetramethyl-cyclohexane and derivatives thereof and their use as aroma chemicals

A method for preparing compounds of formula (A)

• wherein R1 is selected from hydrogen, C1-C8-alkyl, and C2-C8-alkenyl,
• comprising
• i) providing a compound of formula (D),
• and either
• iia) reacting the compound of formula (D) with a reducing agent, which is selected from hydride compounds, or by catalytic hydrogenation, to obtain a compound of formula (A.a),
• or
• iib) reacting the compound of formula (D) with a nucleophilic agent, which is selected from metal C1-C8-alkyl compounds and metal C1-C8-alkenyl compounds, to obtain a compound of formula (A.b)

The use of a compound selected from

• the compound of formula (A.1)
• with an aroma of eucalyptol, flowery, earth-like,
• the compound of formula (B.1)
• with an aroma of woody, sweet-powdery, fresh, freesia,
• the compound of formula (A.3)
• with an aroma of woody, cedar, oak moss,
• the compound of formula (C.1)
• with an aroma of straw, hay, earth-like, slightly woody,
• the compound of formula (A.2)
• with an aroma of ambra, naphthalene,
• the compound of formula (C.3)
• with an aroma of earth-like, cedar wood, powdery, dry,
• the compound of formula (C.2)
• with an aroma of dried fruit, damascone, rosy, lovage, as aroma chemical.