A soft, transparent violet-floral with a fruity-woody undertone. Less powdery and more delicate than alpha- or beta-ionone, with a fresh green nuance and a diffusive, airy quality reminiscent of subtle woody florals.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 388.
Colorless to pale yellowish oily liquid.
Almost insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.
Woody and slightly floral odor, considerably weaker than the odor of alpha- and beta-Tonones.
Has been suggested for use in perfume compositions as a modifier for the regular Ionones, and as a new variety of the floral Ionone type.
1) from Dihydrocyclocitral and Acetone by condensation. 2) by condensation of Citronellal and Acetone, followed by cyclization.