Chirality & Odour Perception
John C. Leffingwell, Ph.D.

The 3-(dimethyl(2,3-dimethylbutan-2-yl)silyl)butan-2-ones

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(R)-3-(dimethyl(2,3-dimethylbutan-2-yl)silyl)butan-2-one - Odor description: slightly woody, technical, acidic, and food-like

Ref: Doszczak, L., Gasperi, T., Saint-Dizier, A., Loreto, M. A. and Enders, D. (2007) Silylating Reagents: A Powerful Tool for the Construction of Isosteric Analogs of Highly Branched Odorants, in Perspectives in Flavor and Fragrance Research (eds P. Kraft and K. A. D. Swift), Verlag Helvetica Chimica Acta, Zürich. doi: 10.1002/9783906390475.ch8; Doszczak, L., Gasperi, T., Saint-Dizier, A., Loreto, M. and Enders, D. (2004), Silylating Reagents: A Powerful Tool for the Construction of Isosteric Analogs of Highly Branched Odorants. Chemistry & Biodiversity, 1: 1921–1935. doi: 10.1002/cbdv.200490147

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(S)-3-(dimethyl(2,3-dimethylbutan-2-yl)silyl)butan-2-one - Odor description: much stronger, fruity, floral, ambery, and woody than its enantiomer

Ref: Doszczak, L., Gasperi, T., Saint-Dizier, A., Loreto, M. A. and Enders, D. (2007) Silylating Reagents: A Powerful Tool for the Construction of Isosteric Analogs of Highly Branched Odorants, in Perspectives in Flavor and Fragrance Research (eds P. Kraft and K. A. D. Swift), Verlag Helvetica Chimica Acta, Zürich. doi: 10.1002/9783906390475.ch8; Doszczak, L., Gasperi, T., Saint-Dizier, A., Loreto, M. and Enders, D. (2004), Silylating Reagents: A Powerful Tool for the Construction of Isosteric Analogs of Highly Branched Odorants. Chemistry & Biodiversity, 1: 1921–1935. doi: 10.1002/cbdv.200490147

Cyclic Terpenoid Odorants

Bicyclic Terpenoid Odorants

Acyclic Terpenoid Odorants

Ionones, Irones, Damascones & Structurally Related Odorants

Acyclics (Alcohols, Esters, Acids, Aldehydes)

Lactones

Sesquiterpenoid Related Odorants

Steroid Urine Type Odorants

Sandalwood Type Odorants

Musk Odorants

Miscellaneous

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