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

Chiral partial structures of beta-Vetivone -II

The 3,5-Dimethyl-4-(3-methyl-but-2-enyl)-cyclohex-2-enones

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(4S,5R)-(-)-3,5-Dimethyl-4-(3-methyl-but-2-enyl)-cyclohex-2-enone - weak Cassis-like scent with a sulfur-like bynote

Ref: Helmut Spreitzer, Iris Piringer, Andrea Pichler, Wolfgang Holzer, Jana Ruzicka and Michael Widhalm, Synthesis and odor of chiral partial structures of beta-vetivone - Part 2, Chirality, 11, 133-138 (1999)

(4R,5S)-(+)-3,5-Dimethyl-4-(3-methyl-but-2-enyl)-cyclohex-2-enone - balsamic (myrrh-like) with a woody bynote

Ref: Helmut Spreitzer, Iris Piringer, Andrea Pichler, Wolfgang Holzer, Jana Ruzicka and Michael Widhalm, Synthesis and odor of chiral partial structures of beta-vetivone - Part 2, Chirality, 11, 133-138 (1999)

(4R,5R)-(-)-3,5-Dimethyl-4-(3-methyl-but-2-enyl)-cyclohex-2-enone - weak, fresh-woody, and somehat reminiscent of vetiveryl acetate

Ref: Helmut Spreitzer, Iris Piringer, Andrea Pichler, Wolfgang Holzer, Jana Ruzicka and Michael Widhalm, Synthesis and odor of chiral partial structures of beta-vetivone - Part 2, Chirality, 11, 133-138 (1999)

(4S,5S)-(+)-3,5-Dimethyl-4-(3-methyl-but-2-enyl)-cyclohex-2-enone - unpleasant, intense phenolic, medicinal scent

Ref: Helmut Spreitzer, Iris Piringer, Andrea Pichler, Wolfgang Holzer, Jana Ruzicka and Michael Widhalm, Synthesis and odor of chiral partial structures of beta-vetivone - Part 2, Chirality, 11, 133-138 (1999)

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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