A juicy, fresh fruity ester with a pronounced green-winey character reminiscent of unripe pear, grape and a hint of rum. Softer and more natural-smelling than typical short-chain fruity esters, with a slightly creamy, cognac-like nuance in the drydown.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 517.
Colorless liquid.
Very slightly soluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.
Powerful, fresh-fruity-oily, slightly green odor.
Fresh-fruity, light and powerful, penetrating taste.
This ester has been suggested for use in flavor compositions, mainly in Citrus type flavors. It is also used to reconstitute the natural type flavor in Orange juice.
Produced by esterification of beta-Hydroxy caproic acid, which is an isomer of Leucic acid. The acid can be obtained from Butyraldehyde by condensation with Bromo acetic ester in presence of Zinc catalyst.