# US 4,391,744 A · Norbornyl oxyacetaldehyde, organoleptic uses thereof and process for preparing same

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- Number: US 4,391,744 A
- Document ID: US4391744A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 06/357,157
- Filed: 1982-03-11
- Granted: 1983-07-05
- Earliest claimed: 1981-09-17
- Assignees: International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.
- Inventors: Robert P. Belko; Richard M. Boden; Marie R. Hanna
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US4391744A

## CPC

- C11D 3/50: Perfumes
- C07C 45/38: being a primary hydroxyl group
- C07C 47/198: containing ether groups, [IMAGE cpc-sch-C07C-0958.gif] groups,[IMAGE cpc-sch-C07C-0959.gif] groups, or[IMAGE cpc-sch-C07C-0960.gif] groups
- C11B 9/0046: {containing only two condensed rings}
- Y02P 20/582: Recycling of unreacted starting or intermediate materials
- C11D: DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; RESIN SOAPS; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL
- C07C: ACYCLIC OR CARBOCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
- C11B: PRODUCING, e.g. BY PRESSING RAW MATERIALS OR BY EXTRACTION FROM WASTE MATERIALS, REFINING OR PRESERVING FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES, e.g. LANOLIN, FATTY OILS OR WAXES; ESSENTIAL OILS; PERFUMES (drying-oils C09F)
- Y02P: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS

## Abstract

Described is a compound having the structure: ##STR1## a norbornyl oxyacetaldehyde, prepared by oxidizing the norbornyl oxyethanol compound having the structure: ##STR2## using air or oxygen and a silver or copper chromite catalyst; and organoleptic uses of such oxidation product in the field of perfumery, colognes and perfumed articles (e.g. perfumed plastics, solids or liquid anionic, cationic, nonionic or zwitterionic detergents, fabric softener compositions or drier-added fabric softener articles).

## Claims

### Claim 1

The process for augmenting or enhancing the aroma of a consumable material selected from the group consisting of perfumes and colognes comprising the step of adding to a perfume or a cologne base an aroma augmenting or enhancing quantity of the norbornyl oxyacetaldehyde having the structure: ##STR46##