Synthetic Spices

Ethyl benzene is a colorless liquid with aromatic smell, insoluble in water, miscible in most organic solvents such as ethanol and ether, and has stable properties. It is used in organic synthesis and as solvent. It has strong irritation to skin and mucous membrane, and has anesthetic effect at high concentration.

This product is mainly used for the preparation of perfume essence, soap and cosmetic essence. It is also used as an insecticide and mosquito repellent.

Indole exists in feces, coal tar, jasmine oil and Neroli oil. It is colorless, lobular or plate-shaped crystal. It has strong fecal odor. The pure product has fresh flower odor after dilution. It is soluble in hot water, benzene and petroleum. It is easily soluble in ethanol, ether and methanol. It can volatilize with water vapor. It turns red when placed in air or visible light, and resinifies. It is weakly acidic and forms salt with alkali metals, It is resinified or polymerized with acid. The highly diluted solution has jasmine fragrance and can be used as perfume. Indole is an important organic raw material and fine chemical product. Its homologues and derivatives widely exist in nature, mainly in natural flower oil, such as jasmine, sweet orange, white lemon, pomelo peel, orange, bitter orange, Narcissus, vanilla, etc. It can be widely used in jasmine, Syringa, orange blossom, gardenia, honeysuckle, lotus, Narcissus, Yilan, orchid, and prune. It is often used in combination with methyl indole to make artificial civet flavors. It can be used in chocolate, raspberry, strawberry, bitter orange, coffee, nuts, cheese, grape and fruit flavor compound.

2,5-Dimethylpyrazine is a colorless to yellowish liquid with pungent aroma of fried peanut, chocolate and cream. It has the taste of potato and soil, and is miscible in water and organic solvents. Natural products are found in bulbous kale, pork, rum, cocoa, coffee, potato chips, river shrimp, etc. The product has pungent smell of fried flowers, chocolate and cream. It is a kind of perfume permitted by gb-2760-86. It is mainly used for the preparation of flavors such as cocoa, coffee, meat, nuts and potatoes. It can also be used in dyestuff and pharmaceutical industry.

Isoamyl acetate is an important solvent, which can dissolve nitrocellulose, triglyceride rosin ester, ethylene resin, coumarin resin, rosin, frankincense, Dama resin, Shanda resin, castor oil, etc. In Japan, 80% of this product is used as perfume. It has strong fruit flavor, like pear, banana, apple and so on. Therefore, it is widely used as a variety of edible fruit flavor. It is also suitable for tobacco flavor and daily cosmetics. It is also used in the extraction of artificial silk, dyes, artificial pearls and penicillin.