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ALPHA-ETHYL FURFUR ACROLEIN

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Material type
synthetic aroma chemical
Canonical source
arctander
Formulation

Usage guidance

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Compatibility tags
citrusmodifierspicy
How it behaves

Olfactory profile

Family
sweet
Note tendency
Middle
Descriptors
woodyspicysweetwarmphenolicmedicinal

A warm, spicy-green aromachemical with a distinct cinnamon-like character overlaid on a nutty, slightly caramelic furfural note. Fresh and aldehydic on top, drying into a sweet-spicy, faintly fruity facet reminiscent of stewed apple with cinnamon.AI · claude-opus-4-7

Intensity
7 / 10
Tenacity
5 / 10
Volatility
6 / 10
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chemicals · No. 1238

Arctander monograph

Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 504.

BASEtenacity · moderatepower · moderateG.R.A.S.FEMA 2492
mildwarm-spicyleather-likesweetwoody
MW
150.18
BP
240°C
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Sp.Gr.
1.06
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Appearance

Pale yellowish oily liquid.

Solubility

Almost insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.

Odor

Mild, warm-spicy, somewhat leather-like, but not medicinal or phenolic odor, slightly dry-woody, yet overall sweet. Less cinnamon-like than the methyl-derivative, more labdanum-like.

Flavor

Oily-fruity, sweet taste with a spicy note.

Uses in perfumery

Finds occasionally use in perfume compositions accompanying labdanum and the eugenol derivatives in men’s fragrances, in fixative complexes for citrus notes, and as a modifier in spicy fragrances.

Uses in flavor

Finds some use in flavor compositions for fruit complexes, nut flavors, spice blends, rum and liqueur flavorings, etc.

Production

Produced by condensation of furfural and n-butyraldehyde.

Identity
Aliases · 3
2-Ethyl-3-furylacrolein2-Furfurylidene butyraldehydealpha-Ethyl-2-furylacrolein
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