A mild, slightly waxy-herbaceous ketone with a fresh green-fatty character. Fairly quiet on the blotter with a clean, diffuse aliphatic feel — used as a modifier rather than a lead note.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Leafy crystals or colorless crystalline mass.
Insoluble in water and propylene glycol, soluble in alcohol and oils.
Peculiar, warm-herbaceous-floral odor with a woody undertone. The odor has sometimes been compared to that of the 'Strawberry-tree' (Mediterranean Arbutus), at other times it seems that the observer has great difficulties in describing the odor in common terms.
Finds but a little use in perfume compositions. It acts as a fixative — modifier with Coumarin, Benzophenone, Acetanisole etc. in New Mown Hay, Fougére, and other fragrance types.
Produced from (many methods), e. g.: from Hexyl magnesium chloride and Heptyl nitrile (Hexyl cyanide).