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ALLYL-2-ETHYLHEXOATE

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Material type
synthetic aroma chemical
Canonical source
arctander
Formulation

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Compatibility tags
modifier
How it behaves

Olfactory profile

Family
sweet
Note tendency
Top
Descriptors
fruitysweet

A powerful, diffusive fruity-green ester with a distinctly tropical pineapple character, backed by juicy apple and pear facets. Sharp and juicy on first sniff, it softens into a slightly waxy-green fruitiness. Signature effect: adds a wet, ripe tropical lift to fruity accords.AI · claude-opus-4-7

Intensity
7 / 10
Tenacity
3 / 10
Volatility
8 / 10
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chemicals · No. 80

Arctander monograph

Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 44.

sweetfruitywoodynut-like
MW
170.25
BP
190°C
MP
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Sp.Gr.
0.863
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Appearance

Colorless liquid.

Solubility

Almost insoluble in water, miscible with alcohol and essential oils, perfume and flavor chemicals.

Odor

Sweet and fruity odor without having characteristics of any specific type of fruit.

Flavor

Somewhat woody-fruity, slightly nut-like, peach-kernel like flavor.

Uses in perfumery

Probably not used in perfumery.

Uses in flavor

Used in traces in imitation Pineapple, Peach, Apricot and other fruit flavors, often as a modifier for Nonalactone-Undecalactone or other materials used to introduce fatty-pit-like notes.

Production

Produced by direct esterification of Allyl alcohol with 2-Ethylcaproic acid under azeotropic conditions.

Identity
Aliases · 7
2-Ethylcaproic acid, allyl ester2-Propenyl ethylcaproateAllyl-alpha-ethyl-n-caproateAllyl ethylbutylacetateAllyl ethylcaproateAllyl-iso-caprylateAllylheptane-gamma-carboxylate
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