A mild, fatty-waxy alcohol with a soft floral-citrus undertone reminiscent of dry orange peel and clean linen. Rounded and slightly oily rather than sharp, with a quiet persistence that adds smoothness and body to blends.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 1331.
White crystalline mass or opaque waxy mass.
Insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.
Very faint, waxy-woody and sweet-fruity odor of good tenacity.
The taste impression is barely perceptible, and more like a mouthfeel (waxy) than a taste — at concentrations down to 10 ppm.
Used in certain perfume compositions, mainly artificial flower absolutes and a few bases.
Suggested for use in imitation Banana flavor.
1) by reduction of Tridecanal-7 from n-Dodecene-1. 2) by hydrogenation of Tridecen-2-al- with Platinum catalyst in alcohol.