Extremely powerful sulfurous aromachemical with a sharp, pungent watercress and mustard-oil character. Green, vegetal and slightly radish-like, with an almost lachrymatory bite in concentration; heavily diluted it lends a natural cress/nasturtium freshness to green and floral accords.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 1114.
Colorless to pale yellowish mobile liquid.
Very slightly soluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.
Pungent, but rich and earthy-sweet, almost nut-like Radish-Horseradish-like odor, sometimes described as resembling the odor of crushed Rapeseed. The odor is considerably milder and less pungent than that of Benzyl-iso-thiocyanate.
As a modifier in complex herbaceous-floral-woody fragrance types, the title material still finds some use, while the more sophisticated Acetals of Phenylacetaldehyde with various Glycols are being used as basis for Reseda fragrances or specialties.
1) from Phenylethyl amine with Carbon disulfide and basic Lead acetate. 2) or with Thiocarbony chloride. 3) or via the Sodium thiuramdisulfide plus Iodine to the title material.