Patent ID: 6255276
Filing Date: 2001-07-03
Classification: C07D,C11B

Abstract:
An odorant composition, which contains at least one 15-17 membered lactone compound of the formula ##STR10##wherein the dotted line signifies an optional additional bond but which in case of a 16-membered lactone compound is not placed at position 11, 12 or 13; one or both of X and Y is methylene or C.sub.2-12 -polymethylene, optionally substituted with an additional methyl group with the poviso that the sum of carbon atoms of X and Y is 11, 12 or 13, and A is hydrogen or methyl when the compound is unsaturated and methyl when the compound is saturated providing that the unsaturated compounds are in at least 80% of cis form when A is hydrogen and are in at least 50% of cis form when A is methyl, with the exception of Z-oxacyclopentadec-6-en-2-one, Z-oxacycloheptadec-8-en-2-one and Z-oxacycloheptadec-11-en-2-one.