Methyl isohexyl ketone (5-methyl-2-heptanone) has a sharp, fresh green-herbal odor with a mildly fruity, slightly camphoraceous facet. It reads as clean and diffusive on the blotter, with a somewhat solvent-like ketonic edge that fades to a soft herbal-fruity nuance.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 886.
Colorless oily liquid
Almost insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils
Warm-herbaceous, also camphoraceous and slightly spicy-herbal odor of moderate to poor tenacity
This material has found some use in perfume compositions, mainly those intended for 'heavy duty', masking, industrial uses, etc.
Produced by controlled hydrogenation of Methylheptenone