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PARA-METHYL ETHYL PHENYL GLYCIDATE

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Material type
synthetic aroma chemical
Canonical source
arctander
Formulation

Usage guidance

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Compatibility tags
fruitymodifier
How it behaves

Olfactory profile

Family
sweet
Note tendency
Base
Descriptors
fruityfresh

A sweet, ripe strawberry-like odor with a jammy, candied fruit character and a faint green undertone. Similar in profile to the classic 'strawberry aldehyde' (ethyl methyl phenyl glycidate) but softer and rounder, giving a natural cooked-fruit impression.AI · claude-opus-4-7

Intensity
7 / 10
Tenacity
5 / 10
Volatility
6 / 10
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chemicals · No. 2024

Arctander monograph

Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 866.

TOPtenacity · highpower · strong
sweetfruityRaspberry-like
MW
206.24
BP
271°C
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Sp.Gr.
1.09
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Appearance

Colorless oily liquid

Solubility

Practically insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils

Odor

Very sweet, powerfully fruity, Raspberry-like odor of good tenacity

Flavor

In concentrations below 20 ppm, the taste is intensely sweet, Raspberry-like and quite pleasant

Uses in perfumery

The ester is used in perfume compositions as a fruity and sweet odorant, a modifier of the more conventional glycidates, and in larger amounts, in fruity perfume bases under various trade names, often referring to Raspberry

Production

Produced from para-Tolylaldehyde plus Ethyl monochloroacetate with Sodamide or Sodium ethoxide as condensing agent.

Identity
Aliases · 2
Ethyl-2,3-epoxy-3-(para-tolyl)-propionatepara-Methyl-E.P.G.
Compliance note. Restriction data is sourced directly from IFRA publications and preserved with its document excerpt. Perfume Foundry is a compliance-support tool — not a substitute for a qualified safety assessor (CPSR / PIF).