A sweet, warm balsamic-fruity note reminiscent of raspberry ketone but heavier and more phenolic. Has a jammy, slightly honeyed facet with a soft powdery-balsamic undertone that persists on the blotter.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 733.
White needle-like crystals or granular crystalline material.
Almost insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.
Very sweet, fruity and warm odor resembling Raspberry preserve and having a moderate tenacity.
Sweet-fruity taste but not very powerful.
This ketone is used in perfume compositions, particularly in Jasmin, Gardenia, Tuberose, etc. where floral notes need fruity undertones, or where fruity notes need fixation and supporting delicate sweetness.
The most important use of Hydroxyphenylbutanone is, however, in flavor compositions, particularly after the identification of the ketone in Raspberry juice. As a fruity fixative, it finds extensive use in other fruit flavors, e.g. 'Tutti-frutti', Strawberry, Pineapple, Peach and in a number of combination flavors.
1) from para-Hydroxybenzaldehyde plus Acetone by condensation, followed by hydrogenation. 2) from Phenol plus Methyl vinyl ketone in presence of a catalyst.