DECYL CINNAMATE Usage And Synthesis

Chemical Properties

Colorless oily liquid. B.P. 338° C. Solidifies in the cold, melts at –7° C. Has some tendency to polymerize, the liquid becoming very viscous, hazy, and almost odorless. Oily-herbaceous, sweet odor with some resemblance to Opopanax and Heracleum fruits (“Bear's claw” fruits).

Uses

DECYL CINNAMATE could find some use in perfumery, particularly in Oriental compositions, where it would be a pleasant modifier to the sweet woods, balsams and mild spices.

Preparation

By azeotropic esterification of Decyl alcohol with Cinnamic acid, using a catalyst starter.