NARCISSUS-TREVITHIAN AND NARCISSUS GERANIUM - ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS OF COMPOUNDS

The essential oils of two narcissus varieties, Narcissus trevithian an d Narcissus geranium, obtained by extraction of flowers followed by hi gh vacuum distillation of the absolute, were analyzed by GC/MS. After separation in fractions, unknown compounds were isolated by preparativ e GLC and their structures established by NMR/IR spectroscopy. The syn thesis of a number of new compounds, found for the first time in narci ssus oil, is described. The two narcissus species are compared with re spect to their main components and odor quality. All compounds found s o far in narcissus varieties are listed.