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Colorless liquid; sharp rum-like odor. Miscible in alcohol, glycerin, propylene glycol.

The distillate from the reaction products of the aqueous distillate from the destructive distillation of wood and ethyl alcohol.

Place 95% ethanol and manganese dioxide in the reaction flask equipped with distillation apparatus; add pyroligneous acid and finally sulfuric acid (66°Be) slowly with agitation, maintaining the final temperature below 40 to 50°C; the mixture is then distilled under atmospheric pressure and the fraction distilling between 60 and 100°C is collected; finally, the collected fraction undergoes rectification; the rectified fraction exhibits a boiling range between 65 and 98°C; average yield is 98% based on the amount of ethanol used. Sometimes the distillate is further divided into two additional fractions—one more, and one less rich in acetaldehyde; the amount of starting material employed varies between the following limits: ethanol (95%) 12 to 25 kg, pyroligneous acid (12% acetic acid) 10 to 16 kg, sulfuric acid (66°Be) 3 to 8 kg, manganese dioxide 2 to 5 kg.

Taste characteristics at 50 ppm: burnt, smoky, woody, caramellic with rum and brandy notes.