Uses
2-BENZYL-2-BUTANOL is used in perfume
compositions, partly for delicate floral fragrance types, part Iy for green-mossy or
Oriental types. It blends excellently with
Oakmoss and Vetiver, but also forms soft
and natural-green floral notes with Heliotropine, Anisylacetate etc. in Lilac or Lindenblossom.
Preparation
By Grignard type synthesis from
Benzyl magnesium bromide plus Methyl ethyl
ketone.
Synthesis Reference(s)
Synthetic Communications, 19, p. 293, 1989
DOI: 10.1080/00397918908050981Tetrahedron Letters, 17, p. 993, 1976
