Flavoring with a mixture of isochroman musk compounds

摘要

Processes and compositions are described for the use in foodstuff flavor and aroma and perfume and perfumed article aroma augmenting, modifying, altering, and enhancing compositions and as foodstuff, chewing gum, toothpaste, medicinal product, perfume and perfumed article aroma imparting materials of indane alkanols and tricyclic isochromans defined according to the generic structure: <IMAGE> wherein R1 is hydrogen or methyl; R2, R3, R4 and R5 represent hydrogen, methyl or isopropyl; the dashed line represents a carbon-carbon single bond or no bond; X represents -CH2-, CH3 or hydrogen; with the proviso (i) that R2 and R3 represent methyl when R4 is hydrogen and R5 is isopropyl and R4 and R5 represent methyl when R2 is hydrogen and R3 is isopropyl; and the dashed line represents a carbon-carbon single bond when X is -CH2- and the dashed line represents no bond when X is hydrogen or CH3. Addition of said indane alkanols and tricyclic isochromans or mixtures thereof is indicated to produce: (a) In food flavorings, a sweet, musky aroma and taste; and (b) In perfumes and perfumed articles and colognes, a sweet, musk aroma.