Acetonitrile is a laboratory solvent, not a perfumery aroma chemical. It has a sharp, ethereal, faintly sweet solvent odor reminiscent of ether or acetone, with an irritating pungency. It is toxic and has no legitimate use in fragrance formulation.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 21.
Colorless liquid
Miscible with water. Insoluble in aqueous salt solution. Soluble in alcohol and essential oils, perfume chemicals, etc
Agreeable odor, mild and reminiscent of Bitter Almond oil, but less pronounced than Butyronitrile
Could be used in perfumes, but is probably too unstable in presence of moisture.
Not recommended for flavors, although toxicity is much lower than that of hydrocyanic acid.