A very faint, oily-waxy material with a slight fatty character. Essentially near-odorless on its own — used primarily as an emollient solvent and light fixative rather than for its scent contribution.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 642.
Colorless oily liquid.
Insoluble in water, soluble in oils and alcohol.
Very weak, waxy, mild odor, characteristic of Stearic-Palmitic compounds.
The ester could find a little use in perfume compositions for floral bases, e.g. Tuberose, Jonquil, Lily etc. where the waxy character may duplicate the natural 'petal' odor.
Produced by direct esterification of n-Heptanol with Myristic acid under azeotropic conditions.