Claims
- 1. A process for augmenting or enhancing the aroma of a perfume composition, cologne or perfumed article comprising the step of intimately admixing with said perfume composition, cologne or perfumed article, an aroma augmenting or enhancing quantity of a composition of matter consisting essentially of a mixture of ketones having the structures: ##STR206## with the mole ratio of compound having the structure: ##STR207## to the compound having the structure: ##STR208## being 1:4, produced according to the process consisting of the steps of reacting the diethyl ketal of 1-acetyl-3,3-dimethylcyclohexane with prenol in the presence of a citric acid catalyst at a temperature of 150.degree. C. under pressure for a period of two hours and then fractionally distilling the resulting product at a vapor temperature of 87.degree. C., a liquid temperature of 230.degree. C. and a pressure of 1.0 mm/Hg, the mole ratio of said diethyl ketal to prenol being in the range of from about 1:1 up to about 1:3, the reaction taking place being ##STR209##
Parent Case Info
This is a division of application Ser. No. 765,342, filed 8/13/85, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,616,095, which is a division of Ser. No. 602,646, filed on Apr. 20, 1984, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,548,743, issued Oct. 22, 1985.
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