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PHENYLETHYL-2-METHYLBUTYRATE

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Material type
synthetic aroma chemical
Canonical source
arctander
Formulation

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Compatibility tags
white-floralrosefruitygourmandchypre
How it behaves

Olfactory profile

Family
sweet
Note tendency
Middle
Descriptors
floralfruityherbaceoussweetwarmoily

A soft fruity-floral ester with a rosy honeyed character. Opens with a ripe apple and pear-like fruitiness lifted by a natural rose-petal facet, settling into a mild green-honey sweetness. Blends smoothly without sharpness.AI · claude-opus-4-7

Intensity
5 / 10
Tenacity
4 / 10
Volatility
6 / 10
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chemicals · No. 2537

Arctander monograph

Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 1107.

tenacity · moderateG.R.A.S.
sweetfloralfruityoilyherbaceous
MW
206.29
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Appearance

Colorless liquid.

Solubility

Practically insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.

Odor

Sweet, floral-fruity odor with a warm, oily-herbaceous undertone and moderate tenacity.

Flavor

Sweet and mildly fruity, oily herbaceous taste in concentrations below 10 ppm. The taste is pleasant at considerably higher level.

Uses in flavor

This ester has found some use in flavor compositions, mainly in imitation Peppermint, which is still a very difficult problem in spite of intense and very fruitful research into that oil.

Production

Produced by azeotropic esterification of Phenylethyl alcohol with alpha-Methylbutyric acid.

Identity
Aliases · 3
active-Valeric acid, Phenylethyl esterBenzyl carbinyl ethyl methyl acetatePhenethyl-alpha-methylbutanoate
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