Chemical Properties
ALLYL DECANOATE is a colorless liquid. B. P.230° C. Sp.Gr. 0.89.
Insoluble in water, miscible with alcohol,
essential oils and flavor chemicals. Banana-Pineapple type odor, somewhat fatty-sweet and powerful without being pungent. Very sweet, fruity taste, slightly fatty with an
initial sharpness reminiscent of Pineapple
notes.
Uses
ALLYL DECANOATE Rarely used in perfumes. Occasionally used in flavors as a modifier
and volume-increasing fixative in Banana and
Pineapple imitation. It blends well with Allyl
caproate and AllYl caprylate, Ethyl decanoate,
Ethyl heptoate, Nonanolide, etc. Produced by direct esterificatiorr of Allyl
alcohol with Decanoic acid, under azeotropic
conditions (starter-catalyst).
