A-Santalane

An additional bond from C-2 to C-4 of campherenane formally leads to tricyclic a-santalane, the basic skeleton of some constituents found in sandalwood oil (oil of santal) with a woody, sweet, balsamic odor, used in perfumery and as a urinary antiinfective obtained from dried heartwood of the tree Santalum album (San-talaceae) grown in east India. Examples include (+)-( -a-santalol with a slight woody odor similar to cedar wood oil and (+)-(Ej-a-santalal, with a strong woody odor. 

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