A sharp, pungent solvent odor reminiscent of acetone or peppermint-like ketone character, with a faintly sweet, oily undertone. Not typically used in fine fragrance — more of an industrial solvent than a perfumery material, though it has a recognizable ketonic bite.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 323.
Colorless oily liquid.
Soluble in water, alcohol and oils.
Powerful, minty-camphoraceous, and solvent-like odor, generally described as unpleasant (by non-professionals).
This ketone finds some use in masking odors for industrial perfumery jobs, however, there are times when the problem is that of masking the odor of Cyclohexanone itself in other industrial uses.
1) by partial catalytic hydrogenation of Phenol. 2) by Chromic acid oxidation of Cyclohexanol.