AtlasWood
Thujopsene
A sesquiterpene hydrocarbon with a dry, cedarwood note.
- Place in the wear
- Base
- What remains. Woods, resins, roots, musks.
- Office
- Blender
- A quiet mass that lets the others sit together.
- Family
- Wood
- Type
- Natural isolate
- CAS
- 470-40-6
- Origin
- Nature-identical isolate
- Span
- Stays in the drydown. A measured span on blotter and skin is not yet recorded.
- Odor
- Woody, dry, cedar-like
- Also called
- cis-Thujopsene, Sesquichamene, cis-(-)-Thujopsene, Thujopsen
- IUPAC
- (1aS,4aS,8aS)-2,4a,8,8-tetramethyl-1,1a,4,5,6,7-hexahydrocyclopropa[j]naphthalene
- Formula
- C15H24
Thujopsene is a major constituent of hiba and cedarwood oils. It gives a dry, clean woodiness and supports cedar accords.
Thujopsene is a nature-identical isolate; PubChem gives its IUPAC name as (1aS,4aS,8aS)-2,4a,8,8-tetramethyl-1,1a,4,5,6,7-hexahydrocyclopropa[j]naphthalene. Formula C15H24, molecular weight 204.35. The atlas files it under Wood; its office is blender and its place is the drydown.
Sources
- Fairamour editorial
- Fairamour editorial
- Fairamour editorial
- Fairamour editorial
- Fairamour editorial
- PubChem CID 442402 synonyms
- PubChem CID 442402
- PubChem CID 442402