A warm, spicy-phenolic material closely related to eugenol and isoeugenol — sweet clove-like character with a smoky, slightly medicinal edge. Develops a soft balsamic, almost carnation-like warmth on the dryout.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 1160.
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Poorly soluble in cold water, slightly soluble in hot water, soluble in alcohol and oils
Mild, warm-spicy, moderately tenacious odor resembling the odor of dry leaves, with the discretely phenolic, tealike odor, sometimes encountered in Chinese tea
Spicy taste and warm or burning mouthfeel at concentrations above 40 ppm
Used in perfume compositions where the presence of a phenol is compatible
1) by isomerization of Anethole by heating with Potassium hydroxide. 2) by heating of Chavicol with Potassium hydroxide. 3) from para-Hydroxybenzaldehyde and Ethylmagnesium iodide.