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ANISYL ISO-BUTYRATE

CAS
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Material type
synthetic aroma chemical
Canonical source
arctander
Formulation

Usage guidance

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Compatibility tags
fixativeflorallilacmodifier
How it behaves

Olfactory profile

Family
floral
Note tendency
Base
Descriptors
floralfruitysweet

A soft, sweet anisic-floral ester with a creamy balsamic character. Recalls the sweet, slightly powdery aspect of anise and hawthorn blossom, with a gentle fruity nuance reminiscent of ripe pear or apricot skin. Rounder and less sharp than anisyl acetate.AI · claude-opus-4-7

Intensity
5 / 10
Tenacity
5 / 10
Volatility
5 / 10
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chemicals · No. 253

Arctander monograph

Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 114.

heavy-sweetfloralfruity
MW
208.26
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Sp.Gr.
1.06
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Appearance

Colorless liquid.

Odor

Heavy-sweet, floral and mildly fruity odor. Somewhat fresher than the n-Butyrate, and not as 'jam-like'.

Flavor

Used in flavor compositions for imitation fruit flavors, Peach, Plum, Cherry, Vanilla, etc.

Uses in perfumery

Finds some use in perfumery as a modifier-fixative for Lilac and other florals in which Anisyl alcohol and/or esters may be applied.

Production

Produced from Anisyl alcohol and iso-Butyric acid by direct esterification under azeotropic conditions.

Identity
Aliases · 1
para-Methoxybenzyl-iso-butyrate
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