A soft, clean citrus-fruity note with a mildly sweet, slightly waxy character. Less sparkling than natural citrus oils — more of a rounded, juicy lemon-lime facet with a subtle green edge. Used as a mild diffusive top-to-heart brightener rather than a signature note.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 836.
Colorless crystals
Slightly soluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils
Virtually odorless when pure, the commercial material has a faint, ethereal-fruity, bland odor
Slightly bitter taste in high concentration, practically tasteless below 20 ppm
This material has been suggested for use in perfume formulations as a fixative and blender in various powerful floral bases
The author knows of no significant use of this ester in flavor compositions, other than that of a 'diluent' or 'blender'
Produced by direct esterification of Citric acid with Methanol using the old-fashioned method with 3°, sulfuric acid and reflux to complete the esterification