5-Methyl-3-heptanone

At a glance

According to The Good Scents Company, this material has an odor type of herbal, with descriptor tags: herbal, sweet, oily. (CAS 541-85-5) It is valued by perfumers for this distinctive character and used as a building block within larger fragrance compositions.

Category
⚗️ Synthetic
Extraction
Chemical synthesis
Chemical family
Ketone
CAS number
541-85-5
Profile
herbal, sweet, oily
IFRA status
Not restricted
● drafted · last checked 2026-09-01