A sweet aromatic aldehyde with a distinct cherry-almond character, reminiscent of heliotropin and benzaldehyde but lighter and more diffusive. Has a soft floral-powdery undertone with mild spicy nuances that lend a marzipan-like warmth.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 1318.
Colorless oily liquid.
Almost insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.
Sweet and mild Benzaldehyde-type odor, less harsh, less penetrating and more tenacious than Benzaldehyde, but not as typical 'almondy'.
1) from meta-Xylene by oxidation. 2) from meta-Methylbenzylchloride by hydrolysis and oxidation. 3) from meta-Tolunitrile.