A softer, greener and more diffusive version of hydroxycitronellal. Delicate lily-of-the-valley floralcy with a fresh, slightly waxy-green facet and a mild citrus lift from the acetal group. Less sweet and less linden-honeyed than hydroxycitronellal itself, with better stability in soap and alkaline bases.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 718.
Colorless, slightly oily liquid.
Almost insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.
Its odor is very mild, in fact, some observers find it practically odorless.
It has a delicately green-floral taste and is not as bitter as the Aldehyde itself.
It is used in various fruit and Citrus flavors in very low concentration, equivalent to about 0.5 to 10 ppm in the finished product.
Produced by condensation of Hydroxycitronellal with Ethanol, using dry Hydrochloric gas as condensing agent.