A soft rosy-geranium floral, gentler and slightly greener than geraniol itself. Has a mild waxy-sweet floral character with a hint of citronella-like freshness, but overall rounder and less sharp than its isomer.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 587.
Colorless oily liquid.
Insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.
Sweet-rosy odor, not as mild as Geraniol, and not as fruity, more herbaceous or remotely green, less creamy.
Floral, but not quite sweet taste, overall weaker than that of Geraniol.
This alcohol has been suggested for use as a modifier for Geraniol, but it seems that its odor type is not sufficiently different, and its power somewhat deficient.
Produced by reduction of iso-Citral with Sodium amalgam in alcoholic solution, followed by treatment with Acetic acid.