Diamyl ketone (6-undecanone) has a fruity-green, slightly fatty-herbal odor with a mild camphoraceous nuance. It reads as a diffuse, oily fresh-fruit note reminiscent of pear or melon skin over a waxy backdrop, without much sweetness.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 360.
Leafy crystals or pale yellowish liquid.
Insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.
Ethereal, but not winey, rather solvent-like, unnatural odor with sweet undertone of remotely fruity character.
Has been suggested for use in perfume compositions, but does not seem to offer any interesting effects, not even in masking odors for industrial purposes.
Produced from Caprone dicarboxylic acid with dilute sulfuric acid.