A soft floral-green aromachemical with a muguet/lily-of-the-valley character, reminiscent of phenylethyl alcohol but greener and waxier. Has a gentle, slightly herbal freshness that rounds out white-floral accords without adding sharpness.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 175.
Colorless, slightly oily liquid.
Insoluble in water, miscible with alcohol and oils.
Green-floral, fresh and slightly sweet-herbaceous odor, somewhat reminiscent of iso-Butyllinalool.
It is an excellent modifier in heavy and green floral fragrance types, in Oriental or Chypre bases, etc. It may form a significant basis of Honeysuckle, Freesia or variations of Rose or Muguet.
It is used in flavor compositions for imitation Butter, Caramel, Chocolate, Fruit and Spice in concentrations equivalent to 50 ppm in the finished consumer product.
Produced from (several methods) e. g.: by Grignard reaction on Magnesium Benzyl chloride plus iso-Valerie acid, or: Phenyl acetaldehyde plus iso-Butylbromide.