Compounds
Ambroxide (Ambrox)
The molecule that replaced ambergris. Made from sclareol; shares the labdane skeleton with labdanum constituents, which is why the two sit so naturally together in amber accords.
| Role | synthetic amber odorant |
|---|---|
| Formula | C16H28O |
| Molecular weight | 236.39 g/mol |
| IUPAC name | (3aR,5aS,9aS,9bR)-3a,6,6,9a-tetramethyl-2,4,5,5a,7,8,9,9b-octahydro-1H-benzo[e][1]benzofuran |
| XLogP | 4.7 |
| PubChem CID | 10857465 |
| Safety | No notable concern. |
Scent facets
- Dry, warm, mineral, ambergris-like; enormously diffusive.
Also called
- (-)-Ambroxide
- 6790-58-5
- Ambroxide
- Ambroxan
- (-)-ambrox
- DTXSID0047113