.pi.-Tricyclene-9-alkanone perfumes
AssigneeInternational Flavors & Fragrances Inc.
InventorsBraja Dulal Mookherjee, Venkatesh Kamath, Edward J. Shuster
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Abstract
Processes and compositions are described for altering the aroma of consumable products including perfumes, perfume compositions and perfumed articles utilizing as the essential ingredient a novel organic .pi.-tricyclene derivative having one of the formulae: ##STR1## wherein X is a moiety selected from the group consisting of: ##STR2## and wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are each selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and methyl, at least one of R.sub.1 or R.sub.2 being hydrogen. This Application is a continuation-in-part of application for U.S. Letters Patent Ser. No. 556,862, filed on Mar. 10, 1975, now U.S. Pat. No. 3,944,621 issued on Mar. 16, 1976.
Claims4
A perfume composition comprising a tricyclic compound having the structure:
- ##STR69## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are each selected from the group consisting of hydrogen or methyl, at least one of R.sub.1 or R.sub.2 being hydrogen and at least one adjuvant selected from the group consisting of natural perfume oils, synthetic perfume oils, alcohols, aldehydes, other ketones, nitriles, esters, lactones and hydrocarbons.
A cologne composition comprising a tricyclic compound having the structure:
- ##STR70## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are each selected from the group consisting of hydrogen or methyl, at least one of R.sub.1 or R.sub.2 being hydrogen and at least one adjuvant selected from the group consisting of natural perfume oils, synthetic perfume oils, alcohols, aldehydes, other ketones, nitriles, esters, lactones and hydrocarbons. ethanol and water.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.