A sharp, acrid solvent-like note reminiscent of acrylic plastic and nail-polish monomer, with a faint sweet estery undertone. Aggressive and chemical in isolation, flashing off quickly with little perfumery character.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 523.
Colorless liquid.
Very slightly soluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.
Very diffusive and penetrating, gassy-herbaceous, warm odor of very poor tenacity.
The title material is occasionally used in perfumes where very powerful lift and short life is desirable, e.g. in certain types of detergent or automatic dishwashing detergent, in masking compositions for unpleasant, volatile odors, etc.
Produced from Acetone via Acetone cyanohydrin to Methyl methacrylate. Ester exchange reaction with Ethanol yields the title ester.