Isolated from Dacrydium cupressinum (rimu) foliage oil by:
Steam distillation;
Fractional vacuum distillation;
Chromatography on alumina;
Chromatography on AgNO3 impregnated alumina.
Laurenene behaves like an alkane in chromatography.
Reference
Corbett, R. E., Lauren, D. R. and Weavers, R. T. The structure of laurenene,
a new diterpene from the essential oil of Dacrydium cupressinum. Part 1.
J. Chem. Soc., Perkin Trans. 1 1979, 1774-1790.
