A sharp, sweet, ethereal solvent smell reminiscent of hospital anesthetic — cool and penetrating on first sniff with a slightly nauseating sugary edge. Flashes off very quickly leaving little residue. Not used in modern perfumery due to toxicity and ozone-depleting status.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 255.
Colorless mobile liquid.
Soluble 0.8% in water, miscible with alcohol and perfume oils.
Diffusive, heavy, sweet-etherial odor with considerable anaesthetic effect.
Very sweet taste.
It has been used in flavors (Raspberry in particular), and still is used as a solvent in extracting certain botanicals for perfume and flavor use.
Old flavor formulations still show Chloroform as a sweetener in imitation fruit flavors.
1) By reduction of Tetrachloromethane with Hydrogen. 2) From Acetone or Ethyl alcohol with Chlorine and Calcium hydroxide slurry.