2-Methylbutyraldehyde

At a glance

According to The Good Scents Company, this material has an odor type of cocoa, with descriptor tags: musty, cocoa, phenolic, coffee, nutty, malty, fermented, fatty, alcoholic, musty, chocolate, nutty, malty, fermented. (CAS 96-17-3)

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Category

⚗️ Synthetic

Extraction

Chemical synthesis

Chemical family

Aldehyde

CAS number

96-17-3

Structure

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Profile

musty, cocoa, phenolic, coffee, nutty, malty, fermented, fatty, alcoholic, musty, chocolate, nutty, malty, fermented

IFRA status

Restricted -- max 0.50% in Category 4