ADAMANTANE DERIVATIVES, COMPOSITIONS OF MATTER CONTAINING SAME, PROCESSES FOR PREPARING SAID ADAMANTANE DERIVATIVES AND SAID COMPOSITIONS, AND ORGANOLEPTIC AND DEODORANCY USES OF SAID ADAMANTANE DERIVATIVES AND SAID COMPOSITIONS

摘要

-2- Described are adamantane derivatives which have the structure: substituted at least at the "2", "4" and "8" positions, thusly: (a) at the "2" position with an oxygen atom; (b) at the "4" position with a carbon atom; and (c) at the "8" position with a methyl group and uses thereof in augmenting or enhancing the aroma or taste of consumable materials including but not limited to perfume compositions, colognes and perfumed articles; with such adamantane derivatives being exemplified by the compounds having the structure: and the structure: -3- wherein Y is a moiety selected from the group consisting of the structures: <IMGS> -4- wherein W is no moiety or is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, hydroxy and lower alkoxy; wherein the dashed line represented by: is a carbon-carbon single bond or a carbon-carbon double bond; wherein the dashed line represented by: is no bond or is an ether moiety having the structure: wherein the line represented, thusly: is a carbon-carbon single bond, a carbon-carbon double bond or a carbon-hydrogen single bond; wherein R1 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, lower alkyl and lower acyl; and wherein R2 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and lower alkyl; and uses thereof in augmenting or enhancing the aroma or taste of consumable materials including perfume compositions, perfumed articles, colognes, smoking tobacco compositions, smoking tobacco articles, deodorizing articles and compositions and malodor maskants. -5- The adamantane derivatives have been found to have unexpected properties wh en employed as fragrance ingredients.