A warm, spicy-balsamic aromachemical reminiscent of nutmeg and mace with a soft phenolic-floral undertone. Less sharp than myristicin, with a rounder, slightly woody-sweet character that lingers into the drydown.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 459.
Colorless to pale straw-colored, viscous liquid.
Very faint, sweet, somewhat woody-floral odor with a spicy undertone.
The material as such is rarely used in perfumery, but fractions of essential oils, rich in Elemicine, are used in soap perfumes, low-cost fragrances for detergents and other household products, mostly as a fixative and blender in mild florals, citrusy or woody fragrance types.
1) by isolation from Elemi oil (high-boiling fractions). 2) from Dimethylpyrogallol plus Allyl bromide, via 2,6-Dimethyl pyrogallol allylether. This is heated in a Claisen-rearrangement reaction to yield 4-Hydroxy-3,5-dimethoxy allylbenzene. The latter is methylated to yield Elemicine. 3) From Eugenol via 5-Hydroxyeugenol.