n-Propyl heptyl ketone (decan-4-one) has a fatty, waxy-aldehydic character with a fresh citrus-peel lift and a mild herbal-green undertone. It reads a bit like a softer, oilier methyl nonyl ketone — clean but with a distinctly greasy ketonic body.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 1190.
Colorless oily liquid.
Insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.
Very fruity, pungent-oily odor of moderate to poor tenacity.
The subject ketone has been suggested for use in perfume compositions, but it does not appear in price lists, and is rarely found on the perfumer’s shelf.
Produced from Heptylmalonic diethylester plus n-Propyl bromide.