A mild, long-lasting fruity-floral material with a soft waxy character and a gentle pear-like sweetness. Rounded and diffusive rather than sharp, it acts as a subtle fixative that adds body and a creamy floral halo to compositions.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 79.
Colorless liquid.
Insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.
Powerful, sweet-fruity odor of Banana-Pineapple-Pear type, but far from being a natural odor.
Sweet fruity taste in concentrations well below 10 ppm, perceptible (by most observers) at concentrations below 1 ppm.
The title ester could find good use in perfume compositions for its power and masking ability towards sulfuraceous and proteinic odors, often encountered in modern cosmetic preparations.
This ester has been suggested for use in flavor compositions, but it is not specifically mentioned in the American Federal Register, nor is it deemed G.R.A.S. by the F.E.M.A. in the U.S.A.
Produced by direct esterification of Amyl-alcohol with Cyclohexane propionic acid, using azeotropic conditions.