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                  | (4R)-4-mercapto-2-decanone
                     - more unpleasant (catty, sulfury) descriptions
                     for the (R)-enantiomer (by GC-O) Odor
                     Threshold = 36 ng/L air =
                     (4R)-4-sulfanyldecan-2-one Ref: M.
                     Wakabayashi, H. Wakabayashi, S. Nörenberg,
                     B. Reichardt, K. Kubota, K.-H. Engel, Analytical
                     and Sensory Characterization of Chiral
                     4-Mercapto-2-alkanones,
                     4-Acetylthio-2-alkanones, and the Corresponding
                     Alcohols, ACS Symposium Series, Vol. 1098,
                     Recent Advances in the Analysis of Food and
                     Flavors, Chapter 3, pp 2739,
                     2012 | 
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                  | (4S)-4-mercapto-2-decanone
                     - more fruity-pleasant (grapefruit,
                     blackcurrant) notes for the (S)-enantiomer (by
                     GC-O) Odor
                     Threshold = 36 ng/L air =
                     (4S)-4-sulfanyldecan-2-one Ref: M.
                     Wakabayashi, H. Wakabayashi, S. Nörenberg,
                     B. Reichardt, K. Kubota, K.-H. Engel, Analytical
                     and Sensory Characterization of Chiral
                     4-Mercapto-2-alkanones,
                     4-Acetylthio-2-alkanones, and the Corresponding
                     Alcohols, ACS Symposium Series, Vol. 1098,
                     Recent Advances in the Analysis of Food and
                     Flavors, Chapter 3, pp 2739,
                     2012 | 
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