Guaiyl acetate

Guaiol is valuable as a raw material for preparing guaiazulene (109), an antiinflammatory ia pharmaceutical preparations for skin cosmetics. Guaiol is also used as alow cost fixative ia perfumery. The acetate, guaiyl acetate [134-28-1/, is also useful ia perfumery. Bulnesol is not used as such but contributes to the fixative properties of guaicwood oil. The price of the oil ia 1995 was 9.90/kg (69). 

Wood Oil). Guaiyl acetate is a yellow to amber liquid with a weak but lasting, woody odor. It is used in perfumery for tea-rose and wood nuances. 

C17H28O2, Mr 264.41, bpo2 kPa 118-123 °C, dg 0.965-0.990, ng 1.489-1.495, is obtained by esterification of guaiac wood oil with acetic anhydride and consists of the acetates of the natural sesquiterpene alcohols guaiol and bulnesol (see Guaiac Wood Oil). Guaiyl acetate is a yellow to amber liquid with a weak, but lasting, woody odor. It is used in perfumery for tea-rose and wood nuances. 

Although essential oils or their fractions are mixtures of many substances, these oils are occasionally converted as a whole into derivatives. Examples of such derivatives are vetiveryl acetate from vetiver oil, guaiyl acetate from guaiac wood oil, and acetyl cedrene from cedarwood terpenes. These products are also employed as fragrance substances. 

Rhodinvl acetate Geranyl acetate Nervi acetate Guaiyl acetate... 

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