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Citral Dimethyl Acetal

CAS 7549-37-3  ·  Synthetic  ·  Top note  ·  Bright citrus

Impact

5 of 10

Substantivity

7.0 hours on a blotter

Working dilution

Neat or 10% both are common on the bench
Citrus 55%Green 27%Earthy 18%
lemon 55%grassy 27%soil 18%

What does Citral Dimethyl Acetal smell like?

Mild, fresh lemon-citral note with a green, slightly earthy nuance, far more stable than citral in alkaline media. Used for lemon freshness in soaps and functional bases where citral would discolor or fade.

lemoncitrusgreenearthyfresh

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What else is Citral Dimethyl Acetal called?

CDMA  ·  Citral DMA  ·  1,1-Dimethoxy-3,7-dimethyl-2,6-octadiene

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What can replace Citral Dimethyl Acetal?

Computed, not collected from forums. A pair covers together what one cannot. The number is how much of this material's character a bottle carries, not a promise that it is the same thing.

  • Citronella Essential Oil 57% + Citral Propylene Glycol Acetal 43% closer in spirit than in chemistry
    carries Lemon citrus. Grassy green; Soil earthy; Citronella Essential Oil brings the Lemon citrus side (57%); Citral Propylene Glycol Acetal brings the Lemon citrus side (43%); a natural standing in for a molecule: it brings more than the note you are replacing; lasts about 2.5x longer on paper
    58%
  • Citronella Essential Oil 57% + Citrathal Tech 43% closer in spirit than in chemistry
    carries Lemon citrus. Grassy green; Soil earthy; Citronella Essential Oil brings the Lemon citrus side (57%); Citrathal Tech brings the Lemon citrus side (43%); a natural standing in for a molecule: it brings more than the note you are replacing; lasts about 2.5x longer on paper
    58%
  • Citronella Essential Oil 57% + Neral 43% closer in spirit than in chemistry
    carries Lemon citrus. Grassy green; Soil earthy; Citronella Essential Oil brings the Lemon citrus side (57%); Neral brings the Lemon citrus side (43%); a natural standing in for a molecule: it brings more than the note you are replacing; lasts about 2.5x longer on paper
    58%
  • Citral Propylene Glycol Acetal closer in spirit than in chemistry
    carries Lemon citrus. Grassy green; Soil earthy
    53%
  • Citrathal Tech closer in spirit than in chemistry
    carries Lemon citrus. Grassy green; Soil earthy
    53%

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Which materials are closest to Citral Dimethyl Acetal?

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Citral Dimethyl Acetal

A written odor description
yes
Olfactive families, in dominance order
3
Sub-categories under them
3
Impact, out of 10
5
Hours on a blotter
7.0 hours
CAS number
yes
Supplier and trade synonyms
3
Constituent breakdown
not on file

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Described in words
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Impact rating out of 10
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Classified into an olfactive family
2,172
Carrying several families, in order
2,070
Sub-category assignments
9,899 across 229 pairs
A top / heart / base band
2,157
Hours on a blotter
898
CAS number
1,642
Supplier synonyms
5,888 names
Constituent breakdowns
739

Every regulatory join - IFRA, GHS, allergens - is by CAS number, and a material can supply one through its constituents as well as its own row, so of the 569 materials carrying no CAS number the 244 without a constituent table are the ones that return "nothing known" rather than "nothing applies". The blotter hours are sourced rather than measured by us, and the app labels every one of them an estimate. There is no physical chemistry on a row: no molecular weight, no vapour pressure, no boiling point. The longer answer, or the whole catalog counted.