A fresh, fruity ester with a sweet green character reminiscent of unripe pineapple and apricot skin. Has a slightly waxy, cognac-like nuance underneath the bright fruit top.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 645.
Colorless liquid.
Almost insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.
Ethereal-winey, but somewhat bitter odor, or an astringent odor-impression, similar to that of certain unripe fruits. Waxy-aldehydic notes appear along with a rather dry undertone.
This peculiar odorant is occasionally used in perfumes as a modifier in Fougéres, Chypres and other herbaceous or floral-herbaceous fragrance types.
Produced by direct esterification of n-Heptanol with Propionic acid under azeotropic conditions, or with Propionic anhydride.