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IT is a well-known fact that most hydrocarbons of the terpene and higher terpene classes are associated in Nature with corresponding alcohols from which the hydrocarbons themselves can be derived by removal of the elements of water. It is very probable, indeed, that these unsaturated hydrocarbons are actually produced in the plant by this method. Now, with the exception of cadinene, caryophyllene is probably the most widely distributed sesquiterpene in Nature, and it has therefore long been a matter of surprise that caryophyllene alcohol (which may readily be prepared from caryophyllene by Wallach's hydration method) does not occur naturally. The author knows of no recorded discovery of this alcohol in essential oils.
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ROBERTSON, J. The Caryophyllene Alcohols and their Occurrence in Nature. Nature 118, 156 (1926). https://doi.org/10.1038/118156a0
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