Methyl caprate (methyl decanoate) has a fatty, oily-waxy odor with a fruity-winey nuance reminiscent of cognac and orris. Soft and slightly green, it lends a natural oily-fruit character used in trace amounts in florals and gourmand accords.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 830.
Colorless oily liquid.
Insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.
Oily-winey, slightly fruity odor when pure. Samples containing traces of Decanoic acid will have a perceptible and usually undesirable fatty undertone.
Winey-honey-like taste, quite powerful.
This ester finds a little use in perfume compositions such as Orris bases, woody fragrances and Mimosa bases. It blends excellently with the Ionones and the Cedarwood derivatives, Cyclohexane derivatives and aliphatic aldehydes.
It is also used sparingly in certain flavor types, e.g. Brandy, Wine, Honey, Banana, Coconut, etc.
Produced by direct esterification of n-Decanoic acid with Methanol, preferably under azeotropic conditions.