Dimetol®

Uses in perfumery :

Dimetol® is used in diverse floral notes (rosy and lavender over all), in citrus, woody and tobacco notes.

Year of discovery :

Data not available.

Natural availability :

Dimetol® is not found in nature, and can therefor not be extracted from a plant.

Isomerism :

Dimetol® does not have any isomer used in perfumery.

Synthesis precursor :

Dimetol® is not a precursor for the synthesis of another compound of olfactory interest.

Synthesis route :

Dimetol® can be synthesized by a Grignard reaction between 6-methyl-5-hepten-2-one and methyl magnesium chloride. A reduction of the by-product obtained is then necessary, by catalytic hydrogenation (with platinum for example).

Stability :

Stable in perfumes and diverse functional bases, except very acidic bases

Other comments :

Dimetol® has a smell close to other alcohols as Linalool, because it has a very similar structure as this last compound.

Allergens :

This ingredient does not contain any allergen.

Signal word :

Warning

Hazard pictograms :

Precautionary statements :

IFRA 51^th :

This ingredient is not restricted for the 51th amendment