It has been artificially prepared from coniferin, a substance found in the sap-wood of fir-trees, and from asafoetida. |
Coniferin, C16H22O8, occurs in the cambium of coniferous woods. |
Coniferin is converted into grape-sugar and coniferyl alcohol under the influence of emulsine. |
The first synthetic vanillin was produced by German chemists in 1874 from coniferin, the glucoside found in the sapwood of certain conifers. |