A warm, sweet anisic-spicy aroma reminiscent of anise and methyl anisate, with a soft floral-balsamic undertone. Related to the raspberry ketone / anisyl ketone family, it carries a slightly powdery, almost hawthorn-like nuance as it dries down.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 804.
Colorless oily liquid.
Almost insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.
Intensely sweet, creamy-floral odor of good tenacity. The undertones are somewhat herbaceous, but only add to the pleasant, natural overall character. Dilution calls out intensely fruity-sweet notes.
This ketone has been suggested for use in perfume compositions, and it finds some use under various trade names. It gives interesting variations from the Heliotropine theme, and extends the field of application of Heliotropine, Cyclamenaldehyde, Hydroxycitronellal to a great variety of floral nuances and types.
It is most likely that it could find use in fruity flavor compositions.
1) from Homoanisaldehyde by condensation with Acetone, followed by hydrogenation. 2) from Anisaldehyde plus Methyl ethyl ketone, followed by hydrogenation.