Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 825.
Colorless liquid
2% soluble in water, soluble in alcohol, miscible with oils. Soluble in Propylene glycol and Glycerin.
Powerful and diffusive ethereal-fruity odor of poor tenacity.
Sweet-fruity, ethereal flavor in dilutions below 20 ppm. At higher concentrations the flavor appears more pungent, chemical and sharp.
This ketone finds a little use in perfume compositions as a masking agent in industrial fragrances, etc.
It is more frequently used in flavor compositions for imitation Peach, Orange, Banana, Pineapple, Pear, Rum, etc. and in fruit complexes. The normal concentration is about 5 to 8 ppm in the finished product. Lately, it has found use in the reconstitution of flavor in Orange juice.
1) By oxidation of Methyl-iso-butylcarbinol. However, the latter is more often produced from the ketone which is a petro chemical, commercially available in volume. 2) from Mesityloxide by hydrogenation.