Use of prins and derivatives thereof in augmenting or enhancing the aroma or taste of a smoking tobacco composition or smoking tobacco article component

摘要

Described is a process for augmenting or enhancing the aroma or taste of a smoking tobacco composition or smoking tobacco article component comprising the step of adding to 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 structure: ##STR1## wherein one of the dashed lines is a carbon-carbon double bond and each of the other of the dashed lines is a carbon-carbon single bond; wherein the wavy line: is a carbon-carbon single bond or no bond at all; wherein Z represents hydrogen, --CH.sub.2 - -, or C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 acyl; with the proviso that when the wavy line: is no bond at all, Z represents hydrogen or C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 acyl and when the wavy line: is a carbon-carbon single bond, then Z represents -- CH.sub. 2 --.