A rich lactonic aroma chemical with a creamy, coconut-milk character and a soft waxy-fatty undertone. Warmer and denser than gamma-nonalactone, with a smooth dairy sweetness that lingers into a subtle fruity-buttery drydown.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 1050.
Colorless or very pale straw-colored, slightly viscous liquid.
Practically insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.
Very tenacious, but delicately green-peachy odor with unquestionably musky undertones.
Its taste is sweet-fruity, Peach-like at concentrations below 5 ppm, and its minimum perceptible level is far below 1 ppm.
This lactone has been suggested for use in perfume compositions, and several specialties have been based upon this chemical.
The title material has not been mentioned in connection with flavors, and it is not listed specifically as G. R.A.S. in the American Federal Register or by the F. E.M. A. However, it could undoubtedly find use as a modifier in Peach and Apricot imitation, and as a fixative for heavy-fruity blends.
Produced from Octyl malonic ester and Ethylene oxide.