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BETA-PENTENOL

CAS
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Material type
synthetic aroma chemical
Canonical source
arctander
Formulation

Usage guidance

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Compatibility tags
greentopnote
How it behaves

Olfactory profile

Family
green
Note tendency
Top
Descriptors
green

A light, fresh green odor with a natural leafy character reminiscent of crushed foliage and unripe fruit. Has a mild alcoholic-fruity nuance typical of pentenol isomers, quickly lifting the top of a composition.AI · claude-opus-4-7

Intensity
5 / 10
Tenacity
2 / 10
Volatility
9 / 10
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chemicals · No. 2454

Arctander monograph

Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 1068.

TOPpower · diffusive
greendiffusive
MW
86.14
BP
115°C
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Sp.Gr.
0.84
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Appearance

Colorless mobile liquid.

Odor

Powerful, gassy-green and very diffusive odor.

Uses in perfumery

This alcohol has been used in perfume compositions as part of leafy-green topnotes, as a lifting ingredient, and in combination with Galbanum, Geranium and similar materials for powerful effects.

Production

Produced from Acrolein and Ethyl magnesium iodide (by Grignard type reaction).

Identity
Aliases · 3
Ethyl vinyl carbinolPenten-3-olVinyl ethyl carbinol
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