The name 'Propyl' is ambiguous — it refers to a chemical prefix (a 3-carbon alkyl group) rather than a specific aroma material. Without a fuller name (e.g. propyl acetate, propylene glycol, allyl propionate) the actual odor cannot be determined.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 1189.
Colorless mobile liquid.
Almost insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.
Fruity, rather bland, mellow odor of poor tenacity.
It finds a little use in flavor compositions for imitation Apple, Grape, Coffee, Gooseberry, Melon, etc. but the concentration is normally mere traces.
The title ester is rarely used in perfumes.
Produced by azeotropic esterification of iso-Propanol with n-Heptanoic acid.