A soft, slightly waxy floral-musky aroma chemical reminiscent of orange blossom and neroli petals, with a creamy powdery undertone. Develops a mild sweet-fatty character on the drydown, adding roundness to white floral accords.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 1323.
White crystalline powder.
Practically insoluble in water, soluble in hot alcohol and oils.
Sweet-fruity, soft, but very tenacious odor.
Peculiar deep-fruity, Plum-Cherry-like taste in concentrations below 20 ppm. The taste is rather weak at this level, but higher concentrations seem to produce unnatural notes.
The title Alkyl-aryl-ketone has been suggested for use in perfume compositions, but it is very rarely, if ever, offered under its proper chemical name. It may find some use in certain perfume specialties, and bases, marketed under various trade names.
It may have been an offspring of research in line with the much more successful Benzyl dipropylketone (Morellone), which is widely used in flavors.
1) from Toluene and Nonanoyl chloride. 2) from para-Tolyl octylcarbinol by oxidation.