Chemical Properties
Practically insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils. Damp-earthy, camphoraceous-minty, Walnut-Vetiver-Oakmoss-like, relatively powerful odor of moderate tenacity.
Uses
Cyclohexanecarboxaldehyde dimethylacetal has a more powerful odor than the Diethylacetal and it could find use in soap perfumes of the modem woody type, including deodorant soaps, in which the perfume is often of a slightly medicated character, in line with the function of the soap.
Synthesis
Prod.: by condensation of Cyclohexane carboxaldehyde with Methanol e. g. in presence of a small amount of dry hydrogen chloride as water removing agent. The unsaturated aldehyde, Cyclohexene carboxaldehyde, yields a Dimethylacetal of more earthy, mushroom-like character.
