A powerful, intensely green odor reminiscent of freshly cut grass and crushed leaves. trans-3-Hexenol has a slightly softer, more herbaceous and less sharp character than its cis-isomer (leaf alcohol), with a clean vegetal transparency that recalls stems and green sap.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 664.
Colorless liquid.
Almost insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and propylene glycol, miscible with oils.
Intensely green, but rather bitter-foliage-like, somewhat fatty odor. More Chrysanthemum-like and less fruity than its two isomers.
This alcohol finds a little use in perfumery as part of green topnote compositions, as a modifier for its isomers, and in herbaceous fragrances, Fougères, etc. to introduce new nuances of natural foliage odors.
Among many processes, it often appears as a by-product in the manufacture of its isomers.