A sweet, waxy-floral aromachemical with a soft aldehydic-fruity facet reminiscent of ripe apricot skin and creamy magnolia. Rounded and slightly buttery in character, it bridges fruity and white-floral tonalities without sharpness.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 231.
Yellowish oily liquid.
Almost insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol, miscible with most oils.
Sweet and warm, woody-floral odor of Mimosa-Ylang type, carrying an oily, but not unpleasant overtone, resembling the topnote in Ylang-Ylang.
This diketone has been suggested for use in perfume compositions, and it finds some use in the construction of artificial flower absolutes, bases and certain essential oils.
A limited use in fruity fragrances along with Jonones, Ethylmethylphenylglycidate, etc. shows a little of the versatility of this chemical. It performs very well in Strawberry (perfume) bases.
1) by condensation of Butylacetate with Acetophenone 2) by condensation of Butyric anhydride with Acetophenone.