A long-chain fatty alcohol with a soft, waxy-clean odor reminiscent of candle wax and warm skin. Very mild and diffuse, with a faint musky-floral undertone that lends creaminess and fixation to blends.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 1067.
White or colorless crystalline leaves, or waxy mass.
Insoluble in water, soluble in hot alcohol and oils, poorly soluble in cold alcohol.
Very faint, bland-waxy and discretely floral odor of excellent tenacity. An absolutely pure material is reported to be virtually odorless.
The title alcohol has occasionally been used in perfume compositions as part of floral bases, artificial flower absolutes, etc.
Produced via Myristic acid and the Cyanide (Pentadecanoic nitrile) to the Pentadecanoic acid via Ethylester and reduction to the title alcohol.