A 10% solution of coumarin in dipropylene glycol
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 295.
White crystals, crystalline powder, leaflets or rhomboid crystals.
Soluble 0.3% in water, 8° in alcohol, freely in most perfume oils.
Sweet, herbaceous-warm, somewhat spicy odor, in extreme dilution more haylike, nut-like, tobacco-like.
Bitter taste, except when highly diluted, then sweet-herbaceous, haylike, nutlike.
Extensively used in perfumery to support herbaceous odors, Lavender, Lavandin, Rosemary, Citrus oils, Oakmoss, etc., and as a fixative in numerous types of fragrances. Almost a standard ingredient in Fougére types with Amylsalicylate and Lavender-notes, with or without Oakmoss. A classical masking agent for Jodoform odor, Phenolic odors, Quinoline odors, etc.
Extracts of certain botanical materials, rich in Coumarin, are still in use as Tobacco flavoring agents and in other flavors.
1) from Salicylic aldehyde + Acetic anhydride + anhydrous Sodium acetate. 2) from ortho-Cresol + Carbonyl chloride, followed by chlorination of the resulting Carbonate, fusion of the Dichlorocresol carbonate with Alkali acetate and Acetic anhydride plus a catalyst.
Monograph of COUMARIN, the material this is a dilution of.