| abstract |
Described is a process for augmenting or enhancing the aroma or taste of a smoking tobacco composition or at least a portion of a smoking tobacco article comprising the step of intimately admixing with a smoking tobacco composition or at least a portion of a smoking tobacco article, an aroma or taste augmenting or enhancing quantity of at least one compound defined according to the generic structure: <IMAGE> wherein the dashed line represents a carbon-carbon single bond or a carbon-carbon double bond; R1', R2', R3', R4', R6' and R7' are each selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and methyl and R5' is C1-C4 alkyl with the provisos that; 1. one of R1', R2', R6' and R7' is methyl and the other of R1', R2', R6' and R7' represents hydrogen; 2. R3' and R4' are not both methyl; 3. when the dashed line is a carbon-carbon double bond, R1', R3' and R4' are not all hydrogen when R2' is methyl. |