Chemical Properties
Colorless liquid; minty, spicy aroma.
Occurrence
Reported found in Artemisia diffusa Krasch. ex poljak oil, Iran (13.0%); rosemary oil, Egypt (12.33%); rosemary
oil corsica (10.7%); rosemary oil co2 extract (8.36%); rosemary oil, spain (6.3%); wormwood oil, cuba (2.47%); hinoki root oil
(2.44%), rosemary oil, France (1.03–5.08%), etc.
Definition
ChEBI: 4,6,6-trimethylbicyclo[3.1.1]hept-3-en-2-one is a carbobicyclic compound that is bicyclo[3.1.1]heptane which is substituted by an oxo group at position 2 and by methyl groups at positions 4, 6 and 6, and which contains a double bond between positions 3 and 4. It is a carbobicyclic compound, a cyclic ketone and an enone.
Aroma threshold values
Medium strength odor, camphoreous type.