Diethylene glycol monoethyl ether (Transcutol/Carbitol) is essentially odorless — a clear, slightly hygroscopic solvent with at most a very faint, mild ethereal note. It's used as a diluent/solubilizer rather than for its scent contribution.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 370.
Colorless hygroscopic liquid.
Miscible with water, alcohol and most oils.
Faint, ethereal odor with a musty undertone.
Bitter taste is perceptible at concentrations above 20 ppm.
This chemical is used mainly as a solvent for perfume materials.
Not suitable for flavors.
Produced from (several methods) e. g. as a by-product in the manufacture of Cellosolve from Ethyl alcohol plus Ethylene oxide.