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Benzylacetone (IUPAC name: 4-phenylbutan-2-one) is a liquid with a sweet, flowery smell that is considered to be the most abundant attractant compound in flowers (e.g. Coyote Tobacco, '' Nicotiana attenuata'') and one of volatile components of cocoa. It can be used as an attractant for melon flies (''
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, and as an odorant for soap. It can be prepared by the hydrogenation of benzylideneacetone.


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Odor An odor (American English) or odour ( Commonwealth English; see spelling differences) is a smell or a scent caused by one or more volatilized chemical compounds generally found in low concentrations that humans and many animals can perceive ...
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Pheromone A pheromone () is a secreted or excreted chemical factor that triggers a social response in members of the same species. Pheromones are chemicals capable of acting like hormones outside the body of the secreting individual, to affect the behavio ...
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Fragrances An aroma compound, also known as an odorant, aroma, fragrance, flavoring or flavor, is a chemical compound that has a smell or odor. For an individual chemical or class of chemical compounds to impart a smell or fragrance, it must be sufficien ...


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Fluka 4-Phenyl-2-butanone

NIST 4-Phenyl-2-butanone
Ketones Flavors Perfume ingredients Phenyl compounds Benzyl compounds Sweet-smelling chemicals