Chemical Properties
Colorless to pale yellow crystals; minty buchu leaves, black currant aroma
Occurrence
Reported found in buchu leaf and buchu leaf oil (22.3%).
Uses
Has occasionally found use in flavor compositions, years ago in various toothpaste flavor compositions, but the author believes that the use of Diosphenol in flavors has been practically abandoned. The natural oil, Buchu leaf oil, is still used in various types of Mint flavor, particularly in Europe and South Africa.
Definition
ChEBI: A cyclic monoterpene ketone that is cyclohex-2-en-1-one substituted by a hydroxy group at position 2, a methyl group at position 3 and an isopropyl group at position 6.
Aroma threshold values
High strength odor, herbal type; recommend smelling in a 0.1% solution or less
Synthesis Reference(s)
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 79, p. 4465, 1957
DOI: 10.1021/ja01573a059
