A softened, more wearable version of indole — retains the animalic, mothball-like naphthalenic character but with a warmer, rounder floral facet reminiscent of white flowers and jasmine. Less harsh and less fecal than pure indole, with a smoother diffusion.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 710.
Colorless or white crystals.
Almost insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol, soluble in some oils.
Peculiar woody-smokey odor, reminiscent of the Cresols, but sweeter and milder, more smokey, less medicinal.
Has been suggested for use in perfume compositions, but there seems to have been little interest in this material.
Produced by hydrolysis of l-Chloroindane with Potassium carbonate at 60° C.