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11-Oxahexadecanolide

At a glance

According to The Good Scents Company, this material has an odor type of musk, with descriptor tags: sweet, oily, incense, musk, amber, animal. (CAS 3391-83-1)

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Category
⚗️ Synthetic
Extraction
Chemical synthesis
Chemical family
Lactone
CAS number
3391-83-1
Structure
2D molecular structure of 11-Oxahexadecanolide
Profile
sweet, oily, incense, musk, amber, animal
IFRA status
Not restricted
Related nodes Part of the Amber note Part of the Amber (Ambrofix) note Part of the Amber (overdose) note Part of the Amber Oil note Part of the Ambergris note Part of the Ambergris (overdose) note Part of the Ambreine S (Coty's Pioneering Synthetic Amber Base) note Part of the Ambrette (Musk Mallow) note Part of the Ambrofix (bio-converted Amber) note Part of the Animal Notes note +24 more
● drafted · last checked 2026-09-01