Homovanillin (3,4-dimethoxybenzaldehyde, veratraldehyde-adjacent aldehyde) has a warm, sweet vanillin-like odor with a soft phenolic-spicy facet. Less creamy than vanillin, drier and slightly powdery with a faint anisic-almond nuance.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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White prismatic or leafy crystals.
Slightly soluble in water, somewhat soluble in hot water, soluble in alcohol and oils.
Floral vanilla-like odor, sweeter and more delicate than the odor of Vanillin.
This material is not very suitable for flavor use, except in neutral vanilla flavorings for ice cream etc.
This comparatively rare material has been suggested for use in perfumes and flavors as a modifier for Vanillin/Ethylvanillin and other members of the Vanillin family.
Produced from (several methods, e. g.): from Eugenol in Ethylacetate solution by treatment with Ozone.