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Caproic (Hexanoic) Acid aroma neutralization Possible?
Richie Leib:
Hi Everyone, I'm reproducing my Grandad's formula for a personal care product and the distinctive "aroma" of the Caproic Acid component is kind of a downer. Is there any way of neutralizing the "scent" without going to another fatty acid with a longer chain? If anyone has any ideas that would be very "pleasant".
Hunter2:
Probably by neutralization. Keep pH higher then 7.
Richie Leib:
Thanks for the suggestion my friend. I'll check my pH after the product is cooked and try to neutralize at that stage.
Note: I accidentally overheated some of this stuff to boiling in my basement lab and it took weeks to get the worst of the smell out. There's still a lingering stench. It was horrible! I'm glad I didn't cook in the the regular kitchen. My wife would have killed me!
Corribus:
Can you use ester (e.g. methyl caproate) instead?
rolnor:
Some if my "friends" in high-school stole valeric acid from my lab and contaminated our school with this material, the stench lingered for months. The head-master blamed me…..
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