A soft, oily-fatty ester with a mild waxy character and a faint sweet-fruity nuance reminiscent of coconut and pear skin. Low-impact and diffusive rather than sharp, often used as a solubiliser/carrier with a gentle fatty aura.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 1176.
Colorless oily liquid.
Practically insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.
Fruity, oily, berry-like odor of moderate to poor tenacity.
Fruity, sweet-oily, yet refreshing taste of ethereal-winey character at concentrations near 40 ppm.
The title ester is probably not used in perfume compositions.
It is mentioned in flavor literature, and occasionally offered commercially as a flavor ester, but it is less natural than the n-Propylester, and does not have any advantages over that ester.
Produced by azeotropic esterification of iso-Propanol with n-Octanoic acid.