(-)-(R)-1,2-Methano-3-octanol - Sweet matsutake-like (mushroom-like) odor, close to natural (R)-matsutakeol (natural 1-octen-3-ol) The racemate is described as Unpleasant sweet-sour, fatty, woody, rosy odor, lacking in mushroom-like aspect in natural (R)-matsutakeol (natural 1-octen-3-ol) = (-)-(R)-1-cyclopropylhexan-1-ol Ref: Hiroki Asao, Hiroyuki Sakauchi, Shigefumi Kuwahara and Hiromasa Kiyota, Synthesis and odor description of optically active cyclopropanated analogues of geraniol, nerol, nor-leaf alcohol, and matsutake alcohol, Tetrahedron: Asymmetry, 18 (2007) 537–541

(+)-(S)-1,2-Methano-3-octanol - Humid mossy rosy odor, no mushroom character as found in the racemate The racemate is described as Unpleasant sweet-sour, fatty, woody, rosy odor, lacking in mushroom-like aspect in natural (R)-matsutakeol (natural 1-octen-3-ol) = (+)-(S)-1-cyclopropylhexan-1-ol Ref: Hiroki Asao, Hiroyuki Sakauchi, Shigefumi Kuwahara and Hiromasa Kiyota, Synthesis and odor description of optically active cyclopropanated analogues of geraniol, nerol, nor-leaf alcohol, and matsutake alcohol, Tetrahedron: Asymmetry, 18 (2007) 537–541

Ionones, Irones, Damascones & Structurally Related Odorants

Acyclics (Alcohols, Esters, Acids, Aldehydes)

Lactones

Sesquiterpenoid Related Odorants