“…(The last compound is derived formally, albeit not experimentally, from patchouli alcohol by a 1,2-methyl migration.) The compounds 3, 4, 5, and 7patchoulene (7) have been isolated from Indian valerian root oil (from Valeriana wallichii) (Narayanan et al, 1964); ßpatchoulene (5) is present in minor quantity in guaiac wood oil (from Bulnesia sarmienti) (Bates and Slagel, 1962a); while cyperene (8) (Trivedi et al, 1964b), patchoulenone (9) (Motl et al, 1963;Trivedi et al, 1964a), cyperotundone (isopatchoulenone, cyperenone) (10) (Hikino et al, 1965(Hikino et al, , 1966(Hikino et al, , 1967b; Naves and Ardizio, 1954; Couchman et al, 1964;Nerali et al, 1965), patchoulenol (11) (Nerali and Chakravarti, 1967), cyperenol (12) (Nerali et al, 1965), sugeonol acetate (13) (Hikino et al, 1968a), and sugetriol triacetate (14) (Hikino et al, 1967a) have been isolated from the oils of tuber of nutgrass (Cyperus rotundus) and tuber of cyperus (Cyperus scariosus and Cyperus articulatus) (Figure 1).…”