Neryl isobutyrate has a delicate, sweet, rose-like fragrance with a slightly fruity undertone and a sweet, strawberry taste. May be prepared by esterification of nerol using isobutyric acid or the anhydride.
Neryl isobutyrate has a delicate, sweet, rose-like fragrance with a slightly fruity undertone. It has a sweet, strawberry
taste
Reported found in kumquat peel oil, hop oil, black tea and passion fruit.
Neryl isobutyrate finds limited use in fragrance compositions where it may lend richness
(“body”) and deep sweetness to Citrus or
light floral bases, Rose and novelty types. As
a vanant in Honeysuckle, Gardenia, etc. It is used in flavor compositions for sweetness in Citrus flavors and
fruit complexes.
ChEBI: Geranyl 2-methylpropanoate is a carboxylic ester.
By esterification of nerol using isobutyric acid or the anhydride
Taste characteristics at 15 ppm: juicy and fruity, green, sweet, melon and waxy
Neryl isobutyrate has been reported in the essential oils of plants such as Artemisia absinthium?L. and Telekia speciosa?(Schreb.) Baumg.
