USES OF ALPHA METHYL STYRENE DIMERS, DERIVATIVES THEREOF, TERPENE DIMERS AND DERIVATIVES THEREOF AND MIXTURES OF SAME IN PERFUMERY PROCESSES AND PRODUCTS

摘要

IFF 2553F.5(1) A process is described for providing clear extended compositions of essential oils which comprises a composition of an essential oil and an extender material miscible with said essential oil which does not appreciably alter the aroma of the essential oil insofar as its quality or strength is concerned, the proportion of essential oil in extender material being from about 70% up to about 99%, said extender material being either (A) a dimerization product of an alpha methyl styrene or a methyl or other C2-C4 lower alkyl homologue thereof or mixture of same or (B) one or more "dimerization" (or "coupling") products of one or more terpenes which are monocyclic and have two carbon-carbon double bonds or which are bicyclic and have one carbon-carbon double bond or one or more hydrogenated derivatives thereof or mixtures of same.