Chemical Properties
Rhodinyl butyrate has a fruity, sweet odor similar to rose with a sweet taste reminiscent of blackberry.
Occurrence
Reported found in geranium essential oil.
Preparation
By esterification of rhodinol, as for geraniol and linalool.
Definition
ChEBI: Rhodinyl butyrate is a carboxylic ester.
Metabolism
Open-chain olefinic terpene esters are presumably hydrolysed to the alcohol and the acid (Fassett, 1963). In the rabbit, the open-chain terpenes undergo ω-oxidation (Williams, 1959).