A light, fruity-green ester with a soft pear-like character and a fresh, slightly herbaceous nuance. Sec-heptyl acetate opens crisp and juicy, quickly fading into a clean, mildly waxy fruit tone.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 627.
Colorless liquid.
Almost insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol, propylene glycol and oils.
Pleasant, warm, sweet, slightly fruity-balsamic odor with some resemblance to Opopanax and Myrrh.
Has been suggested for use in perfume compositions, mainly as a modifier in Chypre bases, Oriental fragrances, etc.
Produced by acetylation of methyl amyl carbinol (2-Heptanol).