Ortho-cresyl methyl ether (methyl o-cresol) has a warm, sweet-phenolic aroma with floral-spicy nuances reminiscent of ylang and clove-carnation. It carries a slightly medicinal, aromatic edge that mellows into a soft balsamic warmth on the dryout.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 305.
White crystals.
Almost insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.
Metallic-green, Geranium-like, moderately tenacious odor, somewhat resembling that of Diphenyloxide, yet slightly sweeter, less 'cool'.
Very rarely used in perfumery. Only occasionally offered commercially.
1) from ortho-Cresol heated over Thorium at 500° C. 2) from Bromotoluene and Potassium phenoxide heated with Copper powder catalyst at 220° C.