Intensely smoky and phenolic with a distinct burnt, tarry character reminiscent of creosote, guaiacwood smoke, and old leather. A medicinal edge appears immediately, softening into a warm, woody-smoky drydown with animalic undertones. Extremely powerful — usable only at trace levels.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 1305.
Colorless or pale yellowish liquid.
Very slightly soluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.
Powerful and penetrating, in the undiluted form very unpleasant and sulfuraceous odor. In extreme dilution of quite pleasant, burnt-smokey, warm-caramellic odor of moderate tenacity.
The title material has been suggested for use in imitation Coffee flavor.
It has also been suggested for use as a trace component in novel topnote creations for perfumes.
1) from ortho-Aminophenol-methylether via Diazoreaction. 2) from Sodium phenoxide plus Sulfur at 200° C. to yield 2: 2’-Dihydroxy-diphenyl-disulfide. Reduction and Methylation afford the title ether.