Methyl 2-methoxybenzoate has a warm, sweet-balsamic aroma with a distinct wintergreen-like phenolic facet and soft floral-medicinal undertones reminiscent of ylang and tuberose. It sits between methyl salicylate and methyl anthranilate in character — sweeter and rounder than salicylate, less grape-like than anthranilate.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 800.
Colorless or very pale straw-colored oily liquid.
Very slightly soluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.
Warm herbaceous floral, slightly spicy odor with some resemblance to Hyacinth and Cananga. It displays a pleasant, deep fruity undertone with slight resemblance to Blackcurrant and Grape.
It finds some use in flavor compositions, particularly in imitation Blackcurrant and other berries.
This ester, not frequently used in perfumes, finds occasional application in Hyacinth or Narcisse bases, various floral-pungent compositions, Oriental fragrances, etc.
1) by Methylation of Methylsalicylate in alkaline solution with Dimethylsulfate. 2) by esterification of ortho-Anisic acid.