Chirality & Odour Perception
John C. Leffingwell, Ph.D.

The Epi-beta-Santalols

You must have Java installed to view the molecular visualization on this page
Photo by permission of M. Roudintska - Art & Parfum

(-)-(1'S,2'S,4'R)-(Z)-epi-beta-santalol - not (like) sandalwood (Chapuis)

Ref: Christian Chapuis, In the Quest for a Virtual Pseudo Receptor for Sandalwood-Like Odorants, Part I, Chemistry & Biodiversity, Volume 1, Issue 7, Date: July 2004, Pages: 980-1021; Guo-fu Zhong, Manfred Schlosser, A Short and Simple Access to Both Enantiomers of Epi-beta-santalene and (Z)-Epi-beta-santalol, Synletters, 1994, 173-174

(+)-(1'R,2'R,4'S)-(Z)-epi-beta-santalol - weak woody (Brunke); woody, sandalwood, sweet, weak (Chapuis)

Ref: E.-J. Brunke, Dragoco Report, 1983, No. 2, 35-40; Christian Chapuis, In the Quest for a Virtual Pseudo Receptor for Sandalwood-Like Odorants, Part I, Chemistry & Biodiversity, Volume 1, Issue 7, Date: July 2004, Pages: 980-1021; Ernst-Joachim Brunke, Franz-Josef Hammerschmidt and Hartmut Struwe, (+)-epi-beta-santalol isolierung aus sandelholzöl und partialsynthese aus (+)-alpha-santalol, Tetrahedron Letters, Volume 21, Issue 25, 1980, Pages 2405-2408

Cyclic Terpenoid Odorants

Bicyclic Terpenoid Odorants

Acyclic Terpenoid Odorants

Ionones, Irones, Damascones & Structurally Related Odorants

Acyclics (Alcohols, Esters, Acids, Aldehydes)

Lactones

Sesquiterpenoid Related Odorants

Steroid Urine Type Odorants

Sandalwood Type Odorants

Musk Odorants

Miscellaneous

HOME

Copyright 2001-2002 - Leffingwell & Associates