Claims
- 1. A process for augmenting or enhancing the aroma or taste of a smoking tobacco composition comprising the step of adding to said smoking tobacco composition, an aroma or taste augmenting or enhancing quantity of 4,4A,5,6-tetrahydro-7-methyl-2-(3H)-naphthalenone having the structure: ##STR126##
- 2. A process for augmenting or enhancing the aroma or taste of a smoking tobacco article which comprises a smoking tobacco composition surrounded by a wrapper comprising the step of adding to said wrapper or said smoking tobacco composition prior to formulation into a smoking tobacco article of an aroma or taste augmenting or enhancing quantity of 4,4A,5,6-tetrahydro-7-methyl-2-(3H)-naphthalenone having the structure: ##STR127##
- 3. A smoking tobacco composition comprising a smoking tobacco and intimately admixed therewith an aroma augmenting or enhancing quantity of 4,4A,5,6-tetrahydro-7-methyl-2-(3H)-naphthalenone having the structure: ##STR128##
- 4. A smoking tobacco article comprising a body of smoking tobacco surrounded by a wrapper and having affixed to said body of smoking tobacco a filter, and in intimate contact with said smoking tobacco body, said wrapper or said filter, an aroma augmenting or enhancing quantity of 4,4A,5,6-tetrahydro-7-methyl-2-(3H)-naphthalenone having the structure: ##STR129##
- 5. The process of claim 1 wherein the 4,4A,5,6-tetrahydro-7-methyl-2-(3H)-naphthalenone is crystalline 4,4A,5,6-tetrahydro-7-methyl-2-(3H)-naphthalenone.
- 6. The process of claim 1 wherein the 4,4A,5,6-tetrahydro-7-methyl-2-(3H)-naphthalenone is in the liquid phase.
Parent Case Info
This is a divisional of application Ser. No. 514,222, filed 7/18/82, which, in turn, is a streamline divisional of application for U.S. Letters Patent, Ser. No. 368,640 filed on 4/15/82; which, in turn, is a continuation-in-part of application for U.S. Letters Patent, Ser. No. 354,111 filed on 4/2/82, now abandoned.
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