A creamy white-floral aroma chemical evoking neroli and orange blossom with a soft powdery, slightly waxy facet. Develops a warm indolic-narcotic undertone reminiscent of jasmine petal, useful for adding naturalness and diffusion to floral accords.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 831.
Colorless needlelike crystals.
Slightly soluble in cold water, soluble in hot water and alcohol. Poorly soluble in most oils.
Pungent, sweet-aromatic odor, somewhat related to the prototype 'Quinone'-type odor, but heavier, less buttery, more medicinal. Very tenacious and penetrating.
This material has been suggested for use in perfume compositions as a trace component of certain floral bases, artificial flower absolutes and animal-floral fragrance types. It does impart very natural and powerful notes to Jasmine, Tuberose, Civet-complexes, etc.
1) from Quinoline by hydroxylation, heating with Potassium hydroxide, followed by Methylation of the Hydroxyquinoline. 2) from 4-Methylquinoline (= Lepidine) by heating with dry Potassium hydroxide.