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GUAIYL BUTYRATE

CAS
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Material type
synthetic aroma chemical
Canonical source
arctander
Formulation

Usage guidance

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Compatibility tags
woodyorientalchyprefloralamber
How it behaves

Olfactory profile

Family
sweet
Note tendency
Base
Descriptors
woodysweet

A soft, slightly smoky guaiacwood character wrapped in a creamy, fruity-buttery sweetness from the butyrate ester. Rosy-woody with a warm balsamic undertone, less dry than pure guaiacwood and more rounded, with a subtle tropical-fruity nuance.AI · claude-opus-4-7

Intensity
5 / 10
Tenacity
7 / 10
Volatility
4 / 10
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chemicals · No. 1481

Arctander monograph

Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 612.

tenacity · moderatepower · moderate
sweetwoodyfloralanimal
MW
198.31
BP
277°C
MP
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Sp.Gr.
0.99
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Appearance

Pale yellowish or almost colorless viscous oil.

Solubility

Insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.

Odor

Very mild, sweet-woody-floral odor with distinctly animal undertones.

Flavor

In flavors it could be used for the very heavy fruity types, such as Fig and Date, two flavors which are difficult to reproduce from pure chemicals.

Uses in perfumery

This odor type is very suitable for certain variations of Rose, where Civet or Honey-notes are called for, and in Oriental Rose variations in combination with heavy woody and floral notes.

Production

Produced from the extracted Guaiacol from Guaiacwood oil by treatment with Butyric anhydride.

Identity
Aliases · 2
Guaiyl butanoaten-Butyric acid guaiyl ester
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