Dimethyl sebacate is a nearly odorless diester used primarily as a solvent, fixative, and emollient carrier in perfumery. At most it presents a very faint, mildly waxy or oily impression on the blotter, with no meaningful character of its own.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 432.
Needle-like or plate-like colorless or white crystals.
The liquid material is colorless.
Pleasant and mild-ethereal-fruity odor.
Fruity-winey, ethereal Apple-like taste, but very mild.
Has been used as a solvent in perfume compositions, but is now rarely used for that purpose.
Finds some use in flavor compositions, mainly in imitation Apple, Brandy, Wine, Melon, etc.
Produced by direct esterification of Sebacic acid and Methanol, usually under azeotropic conditions.