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HEXYL ANISATE

CAS
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EC
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Material type
synthetic aroma chemical
Canonical source
arctander
Formulation

Usage guidance

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Compatibility tags
floralmodifier
How it behaves

Olfactory profile

Family
herbal
Note tendency
Base
Descriptors
floralfruity

A sweet, soft anisic-balsamic aroma with a fruity-floral facet reminiscent of anise, cherry pit, and light heliotrope. Rounder and more tenacious than methyl anisate, with a creamy powdery drydown.AI · claude-opus-4-7

Intensity
5 / 10
Tenacity
7 / 10
Volatility
4 / 10
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chemicals · No. 1640

Arctander monograph

Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 678.

tenacity · excellent
cherryanisicfruityfloral
MW
236.31
BP
290°C
MP
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Sp.Gr.
1.04
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Appearance

Colorless, slightly oily liquid.

Solubility

Insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils, poorly soluble in propylene glycol.

Odor

Mild cherry-anisic, fruity-floral odor with some resemblance to Hawthorne and Heliotrope.

Flavor

Sweet anisic-cherry-like flavor in dilutions below 40 ppm.

Uses in perfumery

This ester may find some use in perfumery as a modifier for Heliotropine and Anisalcohol in herbaceous-floral, sweet fragrance types.

Uses in flavor

The ester has probably little or no application in food flavors.

Production

Produced from n-Hexanol and Anisic acid by azeotropic type esterification.

Identity
Aliases · 1
Para-Methoxy hexylbenzoate
Compliance note. Restriction data is sourced directly from IFRA publications and preserved with its document excerpt. Perfume Foundry is a compliance-support tool — not a substitute for a qualified safety assessor (CPSR / PIF).