A pungent, fusel-alcohol note reminiscent of cheap fermented spirit or paint solvent, with a faint banana-like fruity undertone. Sharp and slightly suffocating in isolation, quickly dissipating to a mild oily-fruity trace. Rarely used as a fragrance ingredient in its own right — more of a raw fusel-oil character than a refined perfumery material.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 62.
Colorless liquid
Soluble 2.7% in water at room temperature
Somewhat harsh, chemical odor, reminiscent of Fusel oil, but not as heavy, however, more penetrating, nauseating, cough-provoking. Only in high dilution fairly pleasant.
Finds occasional use in perfumery mainly for reconstruction of topnotes in (artificial) essential oils.
Used in flavor composition for imitation Berry, Apple, Banana, Chocolate, Pineapple, Rum and various types of Liqueur flavors, Brandy flavors, etc.
Prod. : (several methods) e. g. from Pentane gas (Petro-chemical).