Ethyl geranyl ether is a colorless oily liquid. B.P. 214℃. Sp.Gr. 0.87. Insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol, miscible with oils.
Diffusive-green, fresh-leafy, somewhat grassy and sweet odor of moderate tenacity. The
greenness tends to be vegetable-like, sometimes described as “lettuce-juice’’-like, while
the sueetness is almost floral.
Ethyl Geranylether can be used for odor masking compositions containing fragrant substances for hair cosmetics.
From Geranyl
chloride plus Sodium cthoxide in Ethyl alcohol. Also from Linalool by isomerization under
ethylalcoholic conditions.
ChEBI: Geranyl ethyl ether is a monoterpenoid.
Low toxicity by
ingestion and skin contact. A skin irritant.
When heated to decomposition it emits
acrid smoke and irritating fumes
