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GAMMA-CYCLO

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Material type

synthetic aroma chemical

Canonical source

arctander

Formulation

Usage guidance

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Compatibility tags

woodytobaccoleatheroriental

How it behaves

Olfactory profile

Family

sweet

Note tendency

Middle

Descriptors

sweet

Likely gamma-cyclocitral or a related cyclic terpenoid: a dry, slightly tart woody aroma with a saffron-tobacco facet and a faint fruity-camphoraceous edge. Sits between a soft ionone-adjacent character and a leathery-dry undertone.AI · claude-opus-4-7

Intensity

6 / 10

Tenacity

5 / 10

Volatility

6 / 10

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chemicals · No. 809

Arctander monograph

Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 334.

tenacity · moderatepower · moderateG.R.A.S.FEMA 2355

sweetambergris

198.28

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Appearance

Colorless oily liquid.

Solubility

Practically insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.

Odor

Powerful, sweet-Ambregis type odor of moderate to good tenacity.

Uses in perfumery

This material supplies part of the very desirable 'maritime' odor of Ambregris. It is used in bases and specialties of Ambregris type odor.

Production

Produced by direct esterification of Cyclohexanol with iso-Valeric acid.

Identity

Aliases · 2

1,1-Dimethyl-2-(beta-hydroxyethyl)-3-methylenecyclohexane2-(6,6-Dimethyl-2-methylene)-cyclohexylethanol

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