A light, ethereal aliphatic ether with a fresh, slightly fruity-green character. Volatile and diffusive with a clean, somewhat solvent-like top-note effect that fades quickly.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 885.
Colorless liquid.
Insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.
Green-ethereal, fruity odor of moderate to poor tenacity.
Apart from very occasional application in certain fresh topnotes, this ether finds mostly its place in masking odors and industrial fragrances.
1) by dehydration of Methanol plus Hexanol. 2) from Hexyl chloride plus Sodium methylate.