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PHENYLETHYL BUTYRATE

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Material type
synthetic aroma chemical
Canonical source
arctander
Formulation

Usage guidance

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Compatibility tags
floralhyacinthjasmintobacco
How it behaves

Olfactory profile

Family
floral
Note tendency
Middle
Descriptors
floralfruitywarm

A sweet, fruity-floral ester with a rosy, honeyed character and a soft green undertone. Reminiscent of ripe stone fruits and honeyed rose petals, with a mild buttery nuance from the butyrate. Rounded and diffusive without being sharp.AI · claude-opus-4-7

Intensity
5 / 10
Tenacity
4 / 10
Volatility
6 / 10
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chemicals · No. 2516

Arctander monograph

Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 1098.

tenacity · moderateG.R.A.S.FEMA 2861
rosyfloralfruitywarm
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BP
238°C
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Sp.Gr.
1
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Appearance

Colorless liquid.

Solubility

Practically insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.

Odor

Fine and natural-rosy, warm, floral-fruity odor of moderate tenacity.

Flavor

The title ester is used in flavor compositions for imitation Strawberry, Butter, Caramel, Apple, Peach, Pineapple, Tobacco flavors, Honey bases, Floral bases, etc. in concentrations equal to 3 to 15 ppm in the finished consumer product.

Uses in perfumery

This ester finds use in perfumes of the Jasmin, Honey, Hyacinth, Magnolia, Freesia, Frangipanni, Ylang, Lily, Lilac and many other sweet-floral types. Traces are used in Tuberose, and the material may be used by some perfumers for part of an 'animal-floral' effect.

Production

Produced by direct esterification of Phenyl-ethyl alcohol with m-Butyric acid, e.g. under azeotropic conditions.

Identity
Aliases · 2
beta-Phenethyl-n-butanoateG.R.A.S. F.E.M.A. No.2861
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