4-Methyloctanoic acid

At a glance

According to The Good Scents Company, this material has an odor type of fatty, with descriptor tags: fatty, waxy, musty, plastic, dairy, creamy, milky, waxy, fatty, dairy, creamy, milky, lactonic. (CAS 54947-74-9)

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Category

⚗️ Synthetic

Extraction

Chemical synthesis

Chemical family

Acid

CAS number

54947-74-9

Structure

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Profile

fatty, waxy, musty, plastic, dairy, creamy, milky, waxy, fatty, dairy, creamy, milky, lactonic

IFRA status

Not restricted