Talk:Isobornyl cyclohexanol

Is isocamphyl cyclohexanol really the same as isobornyl cyclohexanol?

Their CAS numbers differ 3407-42-9 for IBCH and 4105-12-8 for isocamphyl cyclohexanol. The structure in the article refers to isocampheyl cyclohexanol that is derived from isocampheol. It does not have the methyl group attached to the bridge-head carbon which isoborneyl cyclohexanol (derived from isoborneol) should have. The structures are presented in the book Common Fragrance and Flavor Materials by Bauer, Garbe & Horst. This book also says that it is the isocampheyl cyclohexanol that is responsible for the fragrance and other isomers are not as important. --MiPe (talk) 09:58, 5 January 2018 (UTC)

@Edgar181:. Do you think you could clarify this? Whether the structure shown in the article is correct and which isomer actually causes the odor? --MiPe (talk) 09:11, 22 May 2018 (UTC)

I think the Chemical & Engineering News article makes it clear that the structure that corresponds to the image in the chembox is the isomer of commercial importance. This is consistent with the other references in the article and with the data presented in the chembox. The only thing inconsistent, as far as I can immediately see, is that the common name "Isobornyl cyclohexanol" doesn't match. I suspect that this is the result of the name being used before the chemical structure was fully known, and it is therefore a misnomer. -- Ed (Edgar181) 11:59, 22 May 2018 (UTC)