Dodecanoic (lauric) acid has a faint, fatty-waxy odor reminiscent of soap shavings and coconut oil with a slightly metallic, tallow-like undertone. It is quiet and diffuse rather than sharp, contributing a creamy, soapy body rather than a distinct top-note character.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 451.
White crystalline powder.
Insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol, miscible with most oils.
The purified grade of this chemical has very little odor, but a lower grade, commercially known as Laurostearic acid, has a fatty-waxy odor, yet overall a refreshing note.
Dodecanoic acid is used in Butter flavors and in certain Citrus flavor types, mainly in Lemon.
The concentration used may vary from 2 to 40 ppm, calculated upon the finished consumer product.
Produced from Coconut oil by saponification.