Aroma
Sweet and slightly pungent-buttery-nut-like
odor.
Sweet buttery taste with a pleasant oily
mildness at concentrations below 5 ppm. The
flavor is not as sharp as that of Dibutyryl or
that of Acetyl caproyl (C8H15O2).
Description
5-Hydroxy-4-octanone has a sweet, slightly pungent, buttery, nutlike odor and a sweet, buttery, oily taste. May be prepared by
reacting sodium metal with ethyl butyrate in boiling ether or in
the same fashion starting from methyl butyrate.
Chemical Properties
5-Hydroxy-4-octanone has a sweet, lightly pungent, butternut-like odor and a sweet, butter, oily taste
Physical properties
Almost insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol
and oils.
Sweet and slightly pungent-buttery-nut-like
odor.
Occurrence
Reported found in cocoa
Preparation
By reacting sodium metal with ethyl butyrate in boiling ether or in the same fashion starting from methyl butyrate.
Definition
ChEBI: 5-Hydroxy-4-octanone is a monosaccharide.
