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DIBUTYL SULFIDE

CAS
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EC
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Material type
synthetic aroma chemical
Canonical source
arctander
Formulation

Usage guidance

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Compatibility tags
floralviolet
How it behaves

Olfactory profile

Family
green
Note tendency
Middle
Descriptors
green

Extremely pungent, sulfurous alliaceous material recalling raw onion, garlic and cooked leek. Used at trace levels it can lend savory, tropical-thiol nuances to blackcurrant, galbanum or grapefruit accords, but neat it is aggressively repellent.AI · claude-opus-4-7

Intensity
10 / 10
Tenacity
5 / 10
Volatility
7 / 10
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chemicals · No. 890

Arctander monograph

Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 365.

TOPtenacity · highpower · strongG.R.A.S.FEMA 2215
greensulfuraceous
MW
146.3
BP
182°C
MP
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Sp.Gr.
0.84
Refractive n
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Appearance

Colorless liquid.

Solubility

Insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.

Odor

Very powerful, repulsively sulfuraceous odor in high concentration. Intensely green, foliage-odor in extreme dilution.

Flavor

Used in flavor compositions, not only in the rare type of Violet, but also in various florals and fruit flavor types.

Uses in perfumery

Very useful as a natural green topnote in Geranium and Violet bases.

Uses in flavor

The concentration in the finished product amounts to mere traces.

Production

Produced from Dibutyl bromide plus Potassium sulfide.

Identity
Aliases · 1
n-Butylsulfide
Compliance note. Restriction data is sourced directly from IFRA publications and preserved with its document excerpt. Perfume Foundry is a compliance-support tool — not a substitute for a qualified safety assessor (CPSR / PIF).