Description
p-Menth-l-en-3-ol has a fresh pungent odor and taste. May be
prepared by reduction of racemic piperitone with lithium aluminum hydride or aluminum isopropoxide; the d-form is isolated
from natural sources.
Chemical Properties
p-Menth-1-en-3-ol has a fresh pungent odor and taste.
Occurrence
Reported found in pennyroyal and other mentha oils; originally isolated from the oil of Eucalyptus radiata.
Also reported found in dill herb and lemon balm, black currant, ginger, myrtle, berry, nutmeg, rosemary, sweet marjoram.
Preparation
By reduction of racemic pipertone with lithium aluminum hydride or aluminum isopropoxide; the d-form is isolated from
natural sources.
Aroma threshold values
Aroma characteristics at 1.0%: cooling impact, fresh and clean minty body, candy cane confection-like.
Taste threshold values
Taste characteristics at 15 ppm: slight latent cooling, trigeminal taste sensation, almost like sorbitol, but
longer lasting.
