2-Butanone, 4-(4-methylphenyl)-

Chemical Properties

4-(p-Tolyl)-2-butanone has a very sweet, fruity, floral odor with raspberry, plum and gardenia notes. It has an intense, sweet, deep, fruit flavor. Its use as an insect attractant has been extensively studied.

Uses

4-(p-Tolyl)-2-butanone finds some use in flavor compositions as a modifier in Raspberry and other fruit imitation flavors, often as a partial substitute for para- Met hox yphen ylbutanone, which is sweeter but milder, and other, related chemicals. It could be used in Mimosa, Rose, Gardenia and other sweet-floral fragrances, variations of Jasmin, or in combination with Ionones in the conventional type lipstick fragrance

Preparation

By condensation of p-tolylaldehyde with acetone followed by hydrogenation.