ALPHA-SANTALOL Property

Boiling point:

302℃

solubility 

Practically insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils, poorly soluble in Propylene glycol and Glycerin

form 

viscous liquid

color 

Almost colorless

Specific Gravity

0.98

Odor

Sweet and very rich, warm-woody, tenacious odor.

Hazard and Precautionary Statements (GHS)

ALPHA-SANTALOL Chemical Properties,Usage,Production

Uses

The title tricyclic sesquiterpene alcohol is frequently used in perfume compositions, not only in the classical “Oriental” types, but in many modem-woody fragranus, Chypre variations, Muguet undertones and fixateur, Carnation, etc. It blends excellently with many resins and balsams, Opopanax, Myrrh, Tolu and Peru, with Geranium, Patchouli, Ionones, Methylionones, Vetiver, etc. Santalol is also used in flavor compositions, in trace amounts in various floral and fruity complexes. The concentration will rarely exceed 10 ppm in the finished product.

Preparation

by isolation from East Indian, West Australian or Timor type Sandalwood oils. The commercial product, Santalol, consists of a mixture of alpha- and bera-Santalol, with a preponderance of the alpha-isomer.