A sweet floral aromachemical with a distinctly hyacinth-like character, showing green and slightly balsamic facets. Reminiscent of hawthorn blossom with a soft, honeyed floralcy and a mild aldehydic edge.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 1268.
Colorless liquid.
Practically insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.
Powerful, balsamic-gassy, heavy and sweet, warm odor. Much less gassy and not nearly as diffusive as Styrene. Overall softer and very similar in odor characteristics.
This epoxide is occasionally used in the composition of artificial essential oils, e.g. Styrax oil, where the Styrene effect must be extended deeper into the fragrance, and not be quite as volatile as it will be with Styrene itself.
1) from Styrene with Perbenzoic acid. 2) from Styrene chlorohydrin with Sodium hydroxide.