A soft, fatty-fruity ester with a cognac-like, waxy character reminiscent of ripe pear and quince skin. Develops a mild rosy-floral nuance with subtle brandy and orris-adjacent facets on drydown.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 554.
Colorless oily liquid.
Insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol, oils and propylene glycol.
Winey-fatty-fruity and somewhat nut-like odor.
Sweet-oily, slightly fruity taste.
The subject ester could be used in perfumes for its pleasant Cognac-type note, as a part of a topnote complex, in Citrus Colognes, Chypres and modern fruity-aldehydic complexes.
Its winey Cognac-like flavor could be utilized in imitation Cognac flavors and various fruit flavors.
Produced by direct esterification of ethanol with undecylic (undecanoic) acid, using azeotropic conditions.