6-Methyl-5-hepten-2-ol has a soft, fresh green-citrus odor with a mild fatty-oily nuance. It is less sharp than its ketone counterpart methyl heptenone, feeling rounder and slightly herbal with a faint melon-like fruity undertone.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Colorless oily liquid
Very slightly soluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils
Oily-green, herbaceous-citrusy odor with resemblance to Coriander and unripe berries
Finds some use in perfume compositions as a minor part of topnote bases for Citrus colognes, Oriental bases, Rose modifications, etc.
1) by reduction or catalytic hydrogenation of Methylheptenone. 2) from Geranonitrile by boiling it with alcoholic Potassium hydroxide.