Properties: Colorless, clear, refractive liq; aromatic odor; vapors cause cough. d425 1.050. bp 211-213°. mp -34°. nD20 1.506. Almost insol in water; miscible with alcohol, chloroform, ether, petr ether. LD50 orally in rats: 6.48 g/kg, Smyth et al., Arch. Ind. Hyg. Occup. Med. 10, 61 (1954).
Use: In perfumery under the name Essence de Niobe; in manuf of Peau d'Espagne; artificial fruit essence.