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

The Georgywood®s

& Georgyone (the odor active enantiomer)

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(-)-(1R,2S)-Georgywood® = "Georgyone" - Woody-ambery; Bottom note: Fresh, minty, green, sweet (Frater, et. al.); Hong & Corey describe the odor as "an intense clean woody odor".

Odor threshold - 20 pg/L (Determined on the sniff-outlet of a chiral GC-column with a panel of three experienced fragrance chemists. The authors were aware of the fact that the separated enantiomers contained 4–6% of their antipodes. This means, however, that the factor of the odour threshold values is >175, because (+)-(1S,2R)-Georgywood® is even weaker.

= (-)-1-[(1R,2S)-1,2,8,8-tetramethyl-1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8-octahydronaphthalen-2-yl]ethanone

 Ref: Ref: Sungwoo Hong and E. J. Corey, Enantioselective Syntheses of Georgyone, Arborone, and Structural Relatives. Relevance to the Molecular-Level Understanding of Olfaction, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2006; 128(4) pp 1346 - 1352; Georg Frater, Urs Muller and Fridtjof Schroder, Synthesis and olfactory properties of (-)-(1R,2S)-Georgywood, Tetrahedron: Asymmetry, 15, 3967–3972 (2004)

An outline of Hong & Corey's synthesis can be found HERE.

 Georgywood® is a trademark of Givaudan SA

(+)-(1S,2R)-Georgywood® = ent-Georgyone - Weakly woody; Bottom note: musty (Frater, et. al.); Hong & Corey found this enantiomer to possess a relatively weak odor which is best described as distinctly unpleasant-acrid-musty.

Odor threshold - 3.5 ng/L (Determined on the sniff-outlet of a chiral GC-column with a panel of three experienced fragrance chemists.

= (+)-1-[(1S,2R)-1,2,8,8-tetramethyl-1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8-octahydronaphthalen-2-yl]ethanone

 Ref: Ref: Sungwoo Hong and E. J. Corey, Enantioselective Syntheses of Georgyone, Arborone, and Structural Relatives. Relevance to the Molecular-Level Understanding of Olfaction, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2006; 128(4) pp 1346 - 1352; Georg Frater, Urs Muller and Fridtjof Schroder, Synthesis and olfactory properties of (-)-(1R,2S)-Georgywood, Tetrahedron: Asymmetry, 15, 3967–3972 (2004)

An outline of Hong & Corey's synthesis can be found HERE.

 Georgywood® is a trademark of Givaudan SA

Cyclic Terpenoid Odorants

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Acyclic Terpenoid Odorants

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Acyclics (Alcohols, Esters, Acids, Aldehydes)

Lactones

Sesquiterpenoid Related Odorants

Steroid Urine Type Odorants

Sandalwood Type Odorants

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