A sharp, medicinal phenolic material with a strong thyme-like herbal character overlaid by a cool, slightly camphoraceous chlorine-tinged bite. Smells clean and antiseptic, reminiscent of mouthwash or throat lozenges, with a persistent dry herbal drydown.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 256.
White (colorless) crystals.
Almost insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.
Thymol-like odor, but not as sweet, more 'medicinal', less condiment-like.
The taste is definitely sweeter than that of Thymol.
This chemical finds more extensive use as a bactericidal additive than as a perfume chemical.
Produced by chlorination of Thymol in non-ionic solvent with Sulfuryl chloride.