Beta-hydroxypropionic acid (3-hydroxypropionic acid) is not a standard perfumery material. In isolation it is a nearly odourless, slightly sour/acidic liquid with a faint chemical tang rather than a defined fragrance character. Likely mislabelled or included as a chemistry reference rather than an aroma component.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 734.
Colorless liquid.
Almost insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.
Peculiar warm-herbaceous, almost caramel-lic odor, yet with little resemblance to a natural product.
Produced from bera-Hydroxypropionic aldehyde plus iso-Amylalcohol.