Dibutyl ketone (5-nonanone) has a fatty, greasy-green odor with a mildly herbal, slightly camphoraceous edge and a faint fruity-waxy undertone. In isolation it reads as a rather crude, oily aliphatic ketone — reminiscent of a light industrial solvent with a hint of overripe fruit peel.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 364.
Colorless liquid
Insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils
Oily fruity, somewhat harsh odor with some resemblance to Banana and Passion fruit
Could find use in masking odors for industrial purposes, but is not commonly used in perfume compositions
Has been suggested for flavor compositions, mainly as a modifier in various fruit flavor imitations
Produced from Valerone dicarboxylic acid with dilute sulfuric acid