A saturated C13 fatty acid with a faint, waxy-fatty odor reminiscent of tallow, stearin, or candle wax. Very mild and slightly soapy in character, with little diffusion — used more as a fixative or texture modifier than as an active odorant.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 1330.
Colorless opaque mass or white crystals.
Almost insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.
Very faint, waxy-woody odor. A highly purified material may be virtually odorless.
This acid has been suggested for use in Orris compositions and other perfume bases, but its effect is barely perceptible, and not always desirable.
1) from Tridecylalcohol and concentrated Sodium hydroxide solution to yield Sodium tridecylate, from which the acid can be liberated. 2) from Dodecylbromide and Sodium cyanide via the Tridecylnitrile to the title acid by hydrolysis.