Dimethyl Hexanediol (2,5-dimethyl-2,5-hexanediol) is a mild diol used more as a functional fixative/solvent than a true odorant. It has a very faint, slightly waxy-floral, mildly green odor with a hint of woody character, and is prized for its ability to smooth and prolong other notes rather than for its own smell.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 416.
Colorless or white crystals
Soluble in water, miscible with alcohol and most oils
Faint, camphorlike odor
This material has been used as a solvent in certain fragrance types, but the author believes that the use of subject material is practically abandoned in perfumery and flavors.
Produced by hydrogenation of 2.5-Dimethyl-hex-3-yne-2,5-diol