Iso-propyl adipate is essentially odorless — a light, mobile emollient ester used primarily as a solvent, diluent and fixative carrier in fragrance and cosmetic formulations. Any perceptible character is a very faint oily-waxy background note that does not contribute meaningfully to the accord.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 1165.
Colorless oily liquid.
Insoluble in water, miscible with alcohol and oils.
Practically odorless. The commercial product may have a faint 'alcoholic' odor, barely perceptible in a container with the ester, but not on a perfume blotter.
This ester has been used as a solvent for various perfume materials, such as resinoids, concretes, extracts, etc. to make them pourable and more handy for compounding purposes.
Produced by azeotropic esterification of iso-Propanol with adipic acid.