Description
2’-methylacetophenone is a colorless to pale yellow clear liquid. It has sweet, hawthorn, powdery, anisic, coumarinic, phenolic, burnt, nutty, honey aroma. It is used as an odor and/or flavor in acacia, butterscotch, black currant, grape, vanilla, etc.
References
[1] George A. Burdock, Fenaroli’s Handbook of Flavor Ingredients, Sixth Edition, 2010
Chemical Properties
Colorless to pale yellow clear liquid; sweet, hawthorn, powdery, anisic, coumarinic, phenolic, burnt, nutty, honey
aroma.
Uses
2'-Methylacetophenone is possiblely used in Vanilla, cherry, almond, coumarin and various nut nuances.
Definition
ChEBI: 2'-methylacetophenone is a member of the class of acetophenones that is acetophenone which is substituted by a methyl group at position 2. It has a role as a fungal metabolite, an acaricide and a flavouring agent. It is a member of acetophenones and a member of toluenes.
Synthesis Reference(s)
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 105, p. 943, 1983
DOI: 10.1021/ja00342a050
