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DODECYL-ISO-BUTYRATE

CAS
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EC
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Material type
synthetic aroma chemical
Canonical source
arctander
Formulation

Usage guidance

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Compatibility tags
floraltopnote
How it behaves

Olfactory profile

Family
floral
Note tendency
Base
Descriptors
floralmuskyoilywiney

A soft, waxy-fatty fruity ester with a mild floral-oily character reminiscent of unripe pear skin and beeswax. It's smooth and slightly creamy, low-key rather than sparkling, adding a fatty rounded lift to fruity and floral accords.AI · claude-opus-4-7

Intensity
4 / 10
Tenacity
5 / 10
Volatility
6 / 10
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chemicals · No. 1116

Arctander monograph

Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 455.

floralmusky
MW
214.34
BP
299°C
MP
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Sp.Gr.
0.88
Refractive n
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Rotation
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Appearance

Colorless oily liquid.

Solubility

Insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.

Odor

Not more interesting than the n-Butylester.

Uses in perfumery

Could find a little use in perfumery in certain floral bases, in Ambre-like topnotes, as a support to winey-floral-musky topnotes, etc.

Production

Produced by direct esterification of Dodecyl alcohol with iso-Butyric acid preferably using azeotropic condition.

Identity
Aliases · 1
Lauryl-iso-butyrate
Compliance note. Restriction data is sourced directly from IFRA publications and preserved with its document excerpt. Perfume Foundry is a compliance-support tool — not a substitute for a qualified safety assessor (CPSR / PIF).