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METHYL GERANYL TIGLATE

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Material type
synthetic aroma chemical
Canonical source
arctander
Formulation

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Compatibility tags
fruitytopnote
How it behaves

Olfactory profile

Family
sweet
Note tendency
Middle
Descriptors
fruitysweetrose

A soft, natural-smelling floral-green ester with a rosy-geranium character and a fresh, slightly fruity leafy nuance. Rounded and lift-giving rather than sharp, it adds a juicy, dewy quality to rose, geranium and neroli accords.AI · claude-opus-4-7

Intensity
5 / 10
Tenacity
5 / 10
Volatility
6 / 10
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chemicals · No. 2038

Arctander monograph

Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 873.

tenacity · high
sweetfloralfruity
MW
250.38
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Appearance

Colorless oily liquid

Solubility

Insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils

Odor

Sweet-floral, slightly fruity odor of Bergamot-Geranium-Rose type

Uses in perfumery

Used in perfume compositions as a modifier in light floral bases, Muguet, Lily, Rose, Peony, Freesia, etc.

Production

Produced from Geraniol and alpha-Ethylcrotonic acid. The acid is obtained from Bromdiethylbutyric acid by depriving that material of Hydrogen bromide.

Identity
Aliases · 3
Geranyl-alpha-ethylcrotonateGeranyl methyl tiglateGeranyl methylethyl acrylate
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