Di-tert-butyl sebacate is essentially odorless — it functions as a solvent/fixative and plasticizer rather than an odorant. Any perceptible character is a very faint waxy-oily nuance on the blotter.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 222.
Colorless oily liquid. Solidifies in the cold.
Insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.
Very faint, dry-musky odor, not as interesting as that of the #Butyl sebacate.
Has at one time been suggested (and used) as a solvent for Nitromusks and a blender for same. However, it does not seem to offer any advantages over the newer solvents, and it does not contribute any highly interesting notes to the overall fragrance.
Produced by direct esterification of tertiary-Butanol with Sebacic acid under azeotropic conditions.