Dibutyl fumarate is a faint, waxy-fruity ester with a soft balsamic undertone. It has very low odor intensity and is used more as a plasticizer or fixative-like diluent than as a primary aroma component.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 363.
Colorless oily liquid.
Slightly soluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.
Sweet-herbaceous, warm and fungoid, but pleasant odor of moderate tenacity.
The title ester has been suggested for use in perfumes, but the author is not aware of its use in flavors, although its aroma type could indicate potential use in certain types of imitation flavor (Mushroom).
Produced by direct esterification of n-Butanol with Fumaric acid.