A protected form of phenylacetaldehyde — softer and greener than the parent aldehyde, with a clean hyacinth-floral character, gentle honeyed sweetness and a fresh rosy-green nuance. The acetal masks the harsh, sharp bite of free phenylacetaldehyde, giving a rounder, more stable floral effect that persists longer in a formula.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 1077.
Colorless viscous liquid.
Insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.
Sweet-floral, somewhat earthy-fruity odor of good tenacity.
Fruity-fungoid, but rather pleasant taste in concentrations below 10 ppm.
This acetal is used in flavor compositions, mainly in fruit complexes, but also in the rare 'floral' flavor type as a fixative/blender.
Produced by condensation of Phenylacetaldehyde with 2,3-Butylene glycol.