Iso-propyl pelargonate (isopropyl nonanoate) is a mild fatty-waxy ester with a soft oily-fruity nuance reminiscent of coconut, unripe pear and a faint green-aldehydic edge. Low-key and diffusive rather than characterful, it functions more as a smoothing/solubilising note than a statement material.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 1197.
Colorless oily liquid.
Practically insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.
Refreshingly fruity-winey, mildly ethereal-oily odor of moderate to poor tenacity.
It finds some use in flavor compositions as a modifier in Apple, Coconut, Brandy and various fruit complex flavor types.
Produced by azeotropic esterification of iso-Propanol with Nonanoic acid.