Nonanol (1-nonanol) has a fatty, waxy-floral odor with a rose-orris nuance and a fresh, slightly citrus-green top. It reads oily and clean, softer and more rounded than nonanal, with a subtle petal-like character that emerges as it dries down.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 1019.
Colorless oily liquid
Almost insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils
Powerful, oily-floral, fresh and petal-like odor, rather fatty when undiluted, light and almost rosy when highly diluted
Oily, but at concentrations near 1 ppm refreshingly citrusy-sweet taste
This alcohol is used quite frequently, although always at very low concentration, in perfume compositions, mainly floral and citrusy types. It contributes freshness to Rose, waxy-petal-notes to Jasmin and Neroli, delicate floral tones to Peony, etc.
Traces of this alcohol are used in flavor compositions, e.g. imitation Butter, Peach, Pineapple, Orange (and other citrus types), etc.
1) from Heptaldehyde via Heptanol and Heptylmagnesiumbromide with Ethylene oxide to the alcohol. 2) by reduction of Ethylpelargonate.