IT occurs in essential oils, flowers (lily, tulip), fruits (apple, cherry) and used in fruity flavours and green note fragrance compounds for all purposes having olfactory note: strong, fresh, natural, green; taste: fat, stinging, fresh. It is used in Food, Flavours, Cosmetics, Confectionery and Perfume Indusrtries.
On ditution Leaf Alcohol has an odor characterstic of grass and fresh green leaves. It give a strong odor but not as pungent.
It is used in high quality perfume compositions, where a note of grss and green leaves is desired.
Physico Chemical Properties
| Specification |
Limit |
| Mol. Weight |
100.16 |
| FORMULA |
C6 H12 O |
| OTHER NAME |
CIS-3-HEXEN-1-OL, Leaf Alcohol |
| BOILING POINT |
156-167 |
| CAS NO. |
928-96-1 |
| FEMA NO. |
2563 |
| Physical Appearance |
Colourless, clear mobil oil |
| Odour/Flavour |
A characterstic aromatic GREEN LEAFY odour |
| Specific Gravity |
0.840 TO 0.850 |
| Refractive Index |
1.435 TO 1.445 |
| Optical Rotation |
+1 TO -1 |
| Acidity/Alkalinity |
Neutral to Litmus |
| Storage |
Keep in cool place |
