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ETHYL GERANYL ACETONE

CAS

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Material type

synthetic aroma chemical

Canonical source

arctander

Formulation

Usage guidance

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Compatibility tags

aromatic

How it behaves

Olfactory profile

Family

sweet

Note tendency

Middle

Descriptors

floralfruitysweetwarm

A soft, diffusive floral-fruity aromachemical with a green magnolia character and a subtle waxy-pear facet. It has a lifted, airy quality reminiscent of geranyl acetone but rounder and more floral, adding transparency and natural lift to floral and fruity accords.AI · claude-opus-4-7

Intensity

4 / 10

Tenacity

5 / 10

Volatility

6 / 10

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chemicals · No. 1248

Arctander monograph

Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 508.

tenacity · moderatepower · strong

sweetfloralfruitywarm

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33°C

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Appearance

Colorless or pale straw-colored oily liquid.

Solubility

Very slightly soluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.

Odor

Sweet-floral, fruity, soft and warm odor of fair to good tenacity.

Uses in perfumery

This ketone has found some use in perfume compositions, mainly better soap perfumes.

Production

Produced from Ethyl linalool with Ethyl-acetoacetate and Sodium ethylate.

Identity

Aliases · 5

6-Dimethyldodecadien-5,9-one-26-Ethyl geranylacetoneGeranyl acetoneHomogeranyl acetoneTrue Ethylgeranylacetone

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