LIMEDIENE™
what is limediene?
Synthetic Ingredient For Perfumery Overview
Short-lived but highly impactful with effects seen as low as 0.01%.
BRI DATA 💾
BRI Product Number: 962
BRI Product Name: LIMEDIENE ™
CAS Number: 30640-46-1
FEMA Number: 4311
EU FLAVIS Number: Not approved
Molecular Weight: 94.15
Molecular Formula: C7H10
Synonyms
Methyl cyclohexadiene
Limediene (LIMEDIENE IS A TRADEMARK OF BEDOUKIAN RESEARCH)
Lemon Hexadiene
Methyl Cyclohexadiene
Mixture of methyl cyclohexadiene and methylene cyclohexene
Profile
👃🏼 Analysis: Strong smell of diesel, truffle, and melted plastic. Truffle again. Very intense but had very little hold. Assumed low molecular weight. Impeccable top note. A low molecular weight ( 94.15 ) is confirmed ( Fulvio Ciccolo, 2022 ).
👃🏼 Odor Description: A powerful lemon-lime top note, drying down to an exquisite white truffle.
⚗️ Fragrance Use: A unique combination of lemon-lime, tropical, marine, and watery notes. Excellent top note in imparting freshness and boosting green floral notes. Great in cool water types.
📐 Recommended Fragrance Use Level: Traces - 1%
📈 Odor Strength — Very High Impact, Extremely poor tenacity < 10 mins
👅 Taste Description: Distilled lime, and sulfur with top notes of citrus and garlic.
👅 Flavor Use: Adds a top note of lime and to citrus applications, tropical fruits, garlic, and wasabi.
🔎 IFRA Status: This product contains 0.3% Toluene as an unavoidable production-related impurity. The following applies to Toluene in fragrance compounds/mixtures: The level of Toluene has to be kept as low as practicable and should never exceed 100 ppm in the fragrance compound/mixture or fragrance oil.
Specifications
Minimum Purity: 98%
Appearance: Colorless to pale yellow liquid
Refractive index: 1.474 ; 1.484 @ 20 ºC
Specific Gravity: 0.830 : 0.837 @ 25 ºC
Additives: synthetic alpha tocopherol @ 0.10%
Flash Point: 35 deg F (CC)
Boiling Point (approx): 117.82 C (EPI 4.0)
Solubility: Insoluble in water.
Log P: 3.29
Kosher: yes
Halal: Yes
Regulatory Status: TSCA AICS CHINA DSL EINECS(250-269-5) PROP_65
RIFM Monograph: Yes
Natural: No
Natura Identical: Yes
Export Tariff Code: 2902.19.0000
Export as Dangerous Good: Yes
Note: Not for use in Tobacco or Nicotine delivery device applications and/or products
Sources and Informations
Fulvio Ciccolo, Scentspiracy 2022
Bedoukian Research Inc
Odor Sample from Bedoukian