Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 259.
White monoclinic crystals.
Soluble 0.04°, in water, 24°, in alcohol. Soluble in oils.
Very faint honeylike, balsamic odor, easily contaminated from outside odorants.
Finds very little use as such in perfumery.
Used in flavor compositions for imitation Cassia, spice blends, Cherry, Honey and various types of Cinnamon flavors, etc.
(many methods) e. g: Benzaldehyde plus Malonic ester with catalyst. Or: Benzaldehyde plus Acetic anhydride plus Sodium acetate (Perkin’s reaction).