Butyrophenone (phenyl propyl ketone) has a sweet, slightly powdery floral-balsamic odor reminiscent of hawthorn and acacia, with a faint bitter-almond nuance. It reads as soft and creamy on a blotter, developing a subtle waxy-floral character.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 231.
Colorless liquid.
Very slightly soluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.
Buttery-creamy, nutlike, somewhat herbaceous odor. There is a trace of resemblance to the Coumarins in this odor.
Sweet creamy-nutlike taste, but rather weak.
Finds little, or perhaps no use in perfumery.
Used occasionally in flavor compositions for imitation Walnut, Hazelnut, for Butterscotch, etc.
Produced from Butyryl chloride plus Benzene with Aluminium chloride in a Friedel-Craft type synthesis. Or, using Butyric anhydride instead of chloride.