A softer, greener, more diffusive relative of hydroxycitronellal. Smells of lily-of-the-valley and linden blossom with a fresh, slightly waxy-green facet, less sweet and less creamy than hydroxycitronellal itself.AI · claude-opus-4-7
Composition, IFRA restriction figures, allergen concentrations and where this material is bought are part of Perfume Foundry’s curated library and need an account. Create one or sign in.
Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 718.
Colorless, slightly oily liquid.
Almost insoluble in water, insoluble in glycerin, poorly soluble in propylene glycol, soluble in alcohol and oils.
Very faint, green and fresh-floral odor of good tenacity.
It finds some use in flavor compositions for the same reasons as indicated under Hydroxycitronellal diethylacetal.
This Acetal finds use as a modifier for the Aldehyde - with very little effect - and in floral bases for powders, etc., where greater stability and tenacity are desired.
It is used in fruit and cherry flavors at the rate of about 0.5 to 10 ppm, calculated on the finished product.
Produced by condensation of Hydroxycitronellal with methanol, using dry hydrochloric gas as a condensing agent.