A mild, fresh green-fatty alcohol with a soft herbaceous character reminiscent of freshly cut grass and unripe fruit. Has a slightly oily, waxy undertone typical of C6 alcohols, with a subtle winey nuance.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 660.
Colorless liquid.
0.6°, soluble in water, miscible with alcohol, propylene glycol and oils.
Somewhat chemical-winey, slightly fatty and fruity odor, weaker than Amyl alcohol, but resembling that material, except that Hexanol seems fattier and fruitier.
Hexyl alcohol is used in flavor compositions, usually at very low concentration, in imitation Coconut, in Berry complexes and in various fruit flavors. The concentration in the finished product may be about 0.2 up to 25 ppm.
This alcohol finds a little use in perfume compositions, mostly in bases, artificial essential oils (geranium, etc.) and as part of various topnote-complexes. It may participate in notes giving impression of an aged fragrance with its winey-fermented nuances, and it helps conceal the initial, sharp notes from alcohol in perfume solutions.
Hexyl alcohol is used in flavor compositions, usually at very low concentration, in imitation Coconut, in Berry complexes and in various fruit flavors. The concentration in the finished product may be about 0.2 up to 25 ppm.
Produced by reduction of Ethyl caproate with Sodium alcoholate. It is also available as a petrochemical.