Uses of benzyl benzoate

  • Aug 29

1. Used as a solvent and flavor fixative for musk, and as a substitute for camphor in celluloid. Also used as a plasticizer, especially when nitrocellulose is mixed with resin, it can be mixed with diethyl or dibutyl phthalate. In addition, it is also used to formulate whooping cough medicine, asthma medicine, insect repellent and acaricide.

2. Mainly used as a fixative. It is used in the preparation of fruit flavors such as strawberry, pineapple, cherry, and wine flavors, and also used in daily chemical flavors such as jasmine, lily of the valley, ylang ylang, gardenia, tuberose, and lilac.

3. Used as a solvent for cellulose acetate and nitrocellulose. Plasticizers for plastics. Fragrance fixative.

4. It is widely used in daily chemical flavor formulations, mainly used as filler flavoring agent, and often used as a diluent for many highly viscous synthetic flavors.

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