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UNDECAMETHYLENE OXALATE

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Material type
synthetic aroma chemical
Canonical source
arctander
Formulation

Usage guidance

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Compatibility tags
musk-accordwhite-floralfine-fragrancelaundry-muskclean-skinfabric
How it behaves

Olfactory profile

Family
sweet
Note tendency
Base
Descriptors
sweetmusky

A soft macrocyclic-style musk with a clean, slightly waxy and powdery character. Undecamethylene oxalate (Nirvanolide-type oxalate macrocycle) has a smooth, radiant musky facet with subtle sweet-animalic warmth, rounding out into a diffusive skin-like drydown.AI · claude-opus-4-7

Intensity
4 / 10
Tenacity
9 / 10
Volatility
2 / 10
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chemicals · No. 3027

Arctander monograph

Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 1352.

tenacity · highpower · strong
sweetmusky
MW
242.32
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MP
24°C
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Appearance

Opaque fused mass or colorless viscous liquid.

Solubility

Insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.

Odor

Powerful and sweet, very tenacious musky odor with little or no trace of animal note.

Uses in perfumery

The title material could be of interest to the perfumer if the ester were made commercially available at a competitive price.

Production

Produced from Undecamethylene glycol and Dibutyloxalate with Sodium, followed by depolymerization by heat.

Compliance note. Restriction data is sourced directly from IFRA publications and preserved with its document excerpt. Perfume Foundry is a compliance-support tool — not a substitute for a qualified safety assessor (CPSR / PIF).