Alpha-aminoisobutyric acid is a non-volatile amino acid derivative that is essentially odorless as a pure solid. Any perceptible note is a very faint, slightly sour or ammoniacal amino-acid character on close inspection. It is not a fragrance material in the conventional sense and has no meaningful role as an aroma component.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 57.
White prismatic or leafy crystals.
Very easily soluble in water, poorly soluble in alcohol, insoluble in oils.
Practically odorless in the dry state.
Maple-like flavor when treated with Glucose under heating.
Finds use in flavor compositions for its Maple-like flavor when treated with Glucose under heating.
Produced from Acetone or by the Bucherer method.