The 'iso-butyryl' fragment typically denotes a small branched-chain acyl group found in fruity esters and aldehydes used in perfumery. In isolation these materials tend to smell sharp, green-fruity and slightly pungent — reminiscent of unripe apple, pear skin or a fatty-fresh top note that flashes off quickly. Without a more specific identifier this profile is a generalisation.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 232.
Colorless liquid.
Slightly soluble in water, soluble in alcohol, propylene glycol and oils, also in glycerin.
Powerful and diffusive, ethereal-creamy odor, in dilution just sweet and bland, but rather pleasant, caramellic dryout.
Slightly buttery or creamy, but overall mostly caramellic taste.
Produced from tertiary-Butyl-meta-xylol