Description
Linalyl octanoate has a dry, fruity, herbaceous odor and a sweet
apricot and plum-like taste with a perfumey note. May be synthesized
by esterification of linalool with n-octanoic acid under azeotropic
conditions; also by hydrogenation of dehydrolinalyl octanoate.
Chemical Properties
Linalyl octanoate has a dry, fruity, herbaceous odor and a sweet apricot and plum-like taste with a perfumy note.
Occurrence
Reported found in lemongrass.
Preparation
By esterification of linalool with n-octanoic acid under azeotropic conditions; also by hydrogenation of dehydrolinalyl
octanoate.
Definition
ChEBI: Linalyl caprylate is a monoterpenoid.
