Safraleine®

Other comments :

Synergy with Ultrazur®, to bring a clean and soapy effect to a mango note.

Stability :

Stable in perfumes and in diverse functional bases, except antiperspirant and liquid bleach bases

Uses in perfumery :

Safraleine® is generally used in spicy, leather and tobacco notes. It also can give a nuance to woody notes as oud and vibrant woods.

Year of discovery :

Data not available.

Isomerism :

Safraleine® has an asymmetric carbon, giving birth to two possible enantiomers. Nevertheless, a blend of these two isomers is used in perfumery.

Synthesis precursor :

Safraleine® is not used for the synthesis of another molecule of olfactive interest.

Natural availability :

Safraleine® does not exist on a natural state. Thus, it can't be used as extracted from a plant.

Synthesis route :

Safraleine® can be synthesized from neophyl choride, in three steps. The first one consists in transforming it into an organomagnesian, by reacting it with magnesium. The reaction between this organomagnesian and CO2 leads to a carboxylic acid with one additional carbon. A heated cyclization in an acidic medium (sulfuric acid) can be carried out, followed by methylation of the obtained compound using methyl iodide in an alkaline medium leads to the final product : Safraleine®.