An oily, fatty-waxy note with a mildly acidic, green-aldehydic edge reminiscent of long-chain fatty acids and their ether derivatives. Slightly soapy and dull in isolation, with a persistent tallow-like undertone.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 626.
Colorless oily liquid.
Practically insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.
Somewhat fatty-oily odor, softer than that of Heptanol, and less fruity.
This acid has been suggested for use in perfume compositions, but the author finds that there is little, if any, use of the acid as such in perfumery.
Produced from Sodium heptoxide and Monochloracetic acid, followed by saponification of the resulting ester.