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NEROLIDYL ACETATE

CAS
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Material type
synthetic aroma chemical
Canonical source
arctander
Formulation

Usage guidance

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Compatibility tags
white-floralmuguetcolognewoody-floralfougere
How it behaves

Olfactory profile

Family
sweet
Note tendency
Base
Descriptors
greenwoodysweet

A soft, transparent floral-woody material with a fresh green-waxy character reminiscent of lily petals and magnolia. Milder and more diffusive than nerolidol itself, with a clean, slightly sweet floral drydown that lends volume to white-floral and muguet accords.AI · claude-opus-4-7

Intensity
4 / 10
Tenacity
7 / 10
Volatility
4 / 10
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chemicals · No. 2317

Arctander monograph

Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 1003.

tenacity · moderate
sweetwoodygreenrefreshing
MW
264.41
BP
280°C
MP
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Sp.Gr.
0.91
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Appearance

Colorless liquid.

Solubility

Practically insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.

Odor

Sweet-woody, tenacious and mildly green-refreshing odor.

Uses in perfumery

This material may find some use as a modifier for the alcohol in Muguet bases or other light florals, or as a blender for Sandalwood odor in woody Oriental bouquets, but it does not contribute much odor or character.

Production

Produced from (several methods), e.g. by low-temperature acetylation of Nerolidol. Also via acetylation of Dehydronerolidol, followed by hydrogenation.

Identity
Aliases · 1
3,7,11-Trimethyl-2,6,10-dodecatrien-3-yl acetate
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