Sweet, fruity-floral character reminiscent of orange blossom and neroli with a distinctive Concord grape / bubblegum facet. Rounder and more diffusive than plain methyl anthranilate, with less of the medicinal edge, giving a soft powdery-floral drydown.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 856.
Colorless or very pale straw-colored oily liquid.
Almost insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils. Poorly soluble in Propylene glycol.
Musty-sweet, deep-floral and fruity odor of good tenacity. It bears some resemblance to the odor of oil from Orange leaf water and Orange flower water, not really a refreshing odor.
This rare ester has been suggested for use in perfume compositions as a modifier for the conventional Anthranilates and N-Methyl-anthranilates in floral and Oriental fragrance types. It gives interesting variations but appears rather dry as compared to the common esters.
1) from Anthranilic acid, methylated by Willstatter reaction, followed by esterification. 2) from Betaine by heating with Sodium methoxide in Methanol.