Mild, but warm and sweet, slightly spicy
odor of excellent tenacity. There are honeylike tonalities in most of the commercial
products, but there are also products in which
that note is absent or hardly perceptible. Trace
surplus of Phenylacetic acid is not uncommon
in very highboiling esters of that acid.
Eugenyl phenylacetate is occasionally used in perfume compositions as a modifier in Carnation
bases, where a particularly delicate and discrete Spice-note is desirable, and iso-Eugenol
does not cover the full olfactory picture.
However, the iso-Eugenyl ester is generally
preferred over this material.
It finds some use in Lilac bases where it
may introduce the warm and rich undertones,
often difficult to obtain.
Pale straw-colored, viscous liquid. B.P. 320°C.
Sp.Gr. 1.15.
Insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and
oils.
Eugenyl phenylacetate can be produced from Phenylacetyl chloride and
Sodium eugenol.
