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ALPHA-OCTYL CYCLOPENTANONE

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Material type
synthetic aroma chemical
Canonical source
arctander
Formulation

Usage guidance

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Compatibility tags
modifier
How it behaves

Olfactory profile

Family
sweet
Note tendency
Middle
Descriptors
jasmin

A soft, creamy musky-fruity aroma with a lactonic, slightly coconut-milky facet and a waxy floral undertone. Over time it settles into a smooth, diffusive musk-adjacent character reminiscent of Delta-Damascone crossed with a mild coconut lactone.AI · claude-opus-4-7

Intensity
5 / 10
Tenacity
7 / 10
Volatility
4 / 10
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chemicals · No. 2420

Arctander monograph

Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 1052.

tenacity · excellent
sweetoilyfloralbalsamicherbaceous
MW
196.34
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Appearance

Colorless oily liquid.

Solubility

Insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.

Odor

Sweet and oily-floral, mildly balsamic-herbaceous odor of excellent tenacity.

Uses in perfumery

This ketone has been suggested for use in perfumes and as a modifier for the lower homologues, many of which have Jasmine-type of odor.

Production

Produced by condensation of Octylaldehyde and Cyclopentanone, followed by hydrogenation of the unsaturated condensation product.

Identity
Aliases · 2
1-OctylcyclopentanoneOctyl Cyclopentanone
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