A soft, honeyed floral aroma chemical with a rosy-jasmine facet and a mellow, slightly fruity sweetness. Rounder and less sharp than methyl or ethyl phenylacetate, with a subtle balsamic warmth that lingers into the drydown.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 213.
Colorless, slightly oily liquid
Almost insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils
Somewhat hard or chemical Rose-Honey, slightly animal odor of good tenacity
Sweet taste, honeylike with a slightly floral note
Is very rarely used in perfumery, where the iso-Butylester is largely preferred
Finds some use in flavor compositions for imitation Butter, Caramel, Chocolate, Fruit (Tutti-frutti), Honey, Nut, Rose, etc.
Produced by direct esterification of n-Butanol with Phenylacetic acid under azeotropic conditions, or by direct reaction of Benzyl cyanide with n-Butanol under acid conditions