Category: flavor and fragrance agents
US / EU / FDA / JECFA / FEMA / FLAVIS / Scholar / Patent Information:
Physical Properties:
Appearance: | pale yellow to yellow clear liquid (est) |
Assay: | 96.00 to 100.00 %
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Food Chemicals Codex Listed: | No |
Melting Point: | -2.40 °C. @ 760.00 mm Hg
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Boiling Point: | 116.00 to 118.00 °C. @ 760.00 mm Hg
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Vapor Pressure: | 17.084000 mmHg @ 25.00 °C. (est) |
Flash Point: | 84.00 °F. TCC ( 28.89 °C. )
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logP (o/w): | -0.477 (est) |
Soluble in: |
| alcohol | | water, 2.442e+005 mg/L @ 25 °C (est) |
Insoluble in: |
| water |
Similar Items: note |
acetyl butyryl |
3-methylpentane-2,4-dione |
Organoleptic Properties:
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Odor Type: buttery |
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| sweet fruity buttery creamy fatty |
Odor Description: at 1.00 % in dipropylene glycol. | sweet fruity buttery creamy fatty |
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| sweet fruity buttery creamy brown fatty |
Odor Description:
| Sweet, fruity, buttery, creamy, with a brown fatty nuance Mosciano, Gerard P&F 17, No. 3, 57, (1992) |
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Flavor Type: creamy |
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| sweet creamy fruity buttery cooked estery |
Taste Description: at 80.00 ppm. | Sweet, creamy, fruity, buttery, with a cooked estry nuance Mosciano, Gerard P&F 17, No. 3, 57, (1992) |
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Odor and/or flavor descriptions from others (if found). |
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Cosmetic Information:
Suppliers:
Safety Information:
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Hazards identification |
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Classification of the substance or mixture |
GHS Classification in accordance with 29 CFR 1910 (OSHA HCS) |
None found. |
GHS Label elements, including precautionary statements |
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Pictogram | |
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Hazard statement(s) |
None found. |
Precautionary statement(s) |
None found. |
Oral/Parenteral Toxicity: |
Not determined
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Dermal Toxicity: |
Not determined
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Inhalation Toxicity: |
Not determined
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Safety in Use Information:
Category: | flavor and fragrance agents |
IFRA Code of Practice Notification of the 49th Amendment to the IFRA Code of Practice |
Recommendation for acetyl isobutyryl usage levels up to: | | 0.1000 % in the fragrance concentrate.
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Maximised Survey-derived Daily Intakes (MSDI-EU): | 0.30 (μg/capita/day) |
Use levels for FEMA GRAS flavoring substances on which the FEMA Expert Panel based its judgments that the substances are generally recognized as safe (GRAS). |
The Expert Panel also publishes separate extensive reviews of scientific information on all FEMA GRAS flavoring substances and can be found at FEMA Flavor Ingredient Library |
publication number: 3 |
Click here to view publication 3 |
| average usual ppm | average maximum ppm |
baked goods: | - | 8.30000 |
beverages(nonalcoholic): | - | 7.60000 |
beverages(alcoholic): | - | - |
breakfast cereal: | - | - |
cheese: | - | - |
chewing gum: | - | - |
condiments / relishes: | - | - |
confectionery froastings: | - | - |
egg products: | - | - |
fats / oils: | - | - |
fish products: | - | - |
frozen dairy: | - | 5.60000 |
fruit ices: | - | 5.60000 |
gelatins / puddings: | 1.20000 | 18.00000 |
granulated sugar: | - | - |
gravies: | - | - |
hard candy: | - | 6.20000 |
imitation dairy: | - | - |
instant coffee / tea: | - | - |
jams / jellies: | - | - |
meat products: | - | - |
milk products: | - | - |
nut products: | - | - |
other grains: | - | - |
poultry: | - | - |
processed fruits: | - | - |
processed vegetables: | - | - |
reconstituted vegetables: | - | - |
seasonings / flavors: | - | - |
snack foods: | - | - |
soft candy: | - | - |
soups: | - | - |
sugar substitutes: | - | - |
sweet sauces: | - | - |
Safety References:
European Food Safety Athority(EFSA): | Flavor usage levels; Subacute, Subchronic, Chronic and Carcinogenicity Studies; Developmental / Reproductive Toxicity Studies; Genotoxicity Studies... |
European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) reference(s): |
Opinion of the Scientific Panel on food additives, flavourings, processing aids and materials in contact with food (AFC) related to Flavouring Group Evaluation 11 (FGE.11): Aliphatic dialcohols, diketones, and hydroxyketones from chemical group 10 (Commission Regulation (EC) No 1565/2000 of 18 July 2000) View page or View pdf |
Flavouring Group Evaluation 11, Revision 1 (FGE.11Rev1) - Aliphatic dialcohols, diketones, and hydroxyketones from chemical group 10 - Scientific Opinion of the Panel on Food Additives, Flavourings, Processing Aids and Materials in contact with Food (AFC) View page or View pdf |
EPI System: | View |
AIDS Citations: | Search |
Cancer Citations: | Search |
Toxicology Citations: | Search |
EPA ACToR: | Toxicology Data |
EPA Substance Registry Services (SRS): | Registry |
Laboratory Chemical Safety Summary : | 24115 |
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases: | Data |
| 4-methylpentane-2,3-dione |
Chemidplus: | 0007493585 |
References:
Other Information:
Potential Blenders and core components note
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For Odor |
No odor group found for these |
| butter starter distillates | FL/FR |
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iso | valeraldehyde diethyl acetal | FL/FR |
acidic |
iso | butyric acid | FL/FR |
2- | methyl butyric acid | FL/FR |
aldehydic |
| acetyl nonyryl | FL/FR |
almond |
bitter | almond oil replacer | FL/FR |
balsamic |
| cinnamyl benzoate | FL/FR |
bready |
| coffee furanone | FL/FR |
buttery |
| acetoin | FL/FR |
| acetoin dimer | FL/FR |
| acetoin propylene glycol acetal | FL/FR |
| acetyl butyryl | FL/FR |
| acetyl propionyl | FL/FR |
| apple butter fragrance | FR |
| butter cream fragrance | FR |
| butter fragrance | FR |
| butter oil CO2 extract | FL/FR |
| butyl butyryl lactate | FL/FR |
iso | butyl lactate | FL/FR |
| butyl octanoate | FL/FR |
2,3- | heptane dione | FL/FR |
3,4- | hexane dione | FL/FR |
caramellic |
| butterscotch fragrance | FR |
2-oxo | butyric acid | FL/FR |
alpha,alpha- | dimethyl anisyl acetone | FL/FR |
| levulinic acid | FL/FR |
| strawberry furanone acetate | FL/FR |
cheesy |
| butyric acid | FL/FR |
2- | methyl valeric acid | FL/FR |
cocoa |
| cocoa butter fragrance | FR |
coconut |
| coconut decanone methyl | FR |
| coconut fragrance | FR |
| coconut specialty | FR |
delta- | decalactone | FL/FR |
delta-2- | dodecenolactone | FL/FR |
delta- | nonalactone | FL/FR |
gamma- | nonalactone (aldehyde C-18 (so-called)) | FL/FR |
gamma- | octalactone | FL/FR |
delta- | undecalactone | FL/FR |
coumarinic |
epsilon- | decalactone | FL/FR |
2,3- | butane diol | FR |
gamma- | butyrolactone | FL/FR |
| cream fragrance | FR |
| creamy lactone | FL/FR |
| cyclotene propionate | FL/FR |
3- | heptyl dihydro-5-methyl-2(3H)-furanone | FL/FR |
(Z)-gamma- | jasmolactone | FR |
delta- | tridecalactone | FL/FR |
para- | vanillic acid | FL/FR |
para- | vanillyl alcohol | FL/FR |
| waxy lactone | FL/FR |
| milk fragrance | FR |
earthy |
1- | nonen-3-ol | FL/FR |
ethereal |
| decyl propionate | FL/FR |
iso | valeraldehyde propylene glycol acetal | FL/FR |
fatty |
| allyl cyclohexyl hexanoate | FL/FR |
| butter esters | FL/FR |
iso | butyl undecylenate | FL/FR |
| butyl undecylenate | FL/FR |
| coconut absolute | FL/FR |
(Z)- | dairy lactone | FL/FR |
7- | decen-4-olide | FL/FR |
(Z)- | ethyl oleate | FL/FR |
| ethyl undecylenate | FL/FR |
delta- | juniper lactone | FL/FR |
4- | methyl octanoic acid | FL/FR |
(Z)-3- | octen-1-ol | FL/FR |
fermented |
| butyl laevo-lactate | FL/FR |
floral |
para- | anisyl butyrate | FL/FR |
| benzyl lactate | FL/FR |
| jasmin pyranone | FL/FR |
| linalyl butyrate | FL/FR |
para- | methyl acetophenone | FL/FR |
fruity |
| acetoin acetate | FL/FR |
1- | acetoxyacetone | FL/FR |
bitter | almond oil | FL/FR |
iso | amyl 2-methyl butyrate | FL/FR |
| amyl isobutyrate | FL/FR |
gamma- | decalactone | FL/FR |
(S)-delta- | decalactone | FL/FR |
gamma- | dodecalactone | FL/FR |
| ethyl lactate | FL/FR |
| farnesyl acetone | FL/FR |
(E)-2- | hepten-1-yl acetate | FL/FR |
| methyl (Z)-5-octenoate | FL/FR |
2- | methyl butyl butyrate | FL/FR |
2- | nonanone | FL/FR |
| octyl butyrate | FL/FR |
| octyl heptanoate | FL/FR |
| prenyl isobutyrate | FL/FR |
| propylene glycol dibutyrate | |
| sorbyl butyrate | FL/FR |
| strawberry furanone butyrate | FL/FR |
gamma- | undecalactone (aldehyde C-14 (so-called)) | FL/FR |
2- | undecanone | FL/FR |
green |
iso | butyl benzyl carbinol | FL/FR |
| butyl lactate | FL/FR |
3- | heptanone | FL/FR |
(Z)-4- | hepten-1-ol | FL/FR |
(Z)-4- | heptenal | FL/FR |
(Z)-4- | heptenal diethyl acetal | FL/FR |
(Z)-3- | hexen-1-yl butyrate | FL/FR |
(E,Z)-2,6- | nonadienal | FL/FR |
| benzyl octanoate | FL/FR |
marine |
| marine pyridine | FR |
melon |
(Z)-6- | nonen-1-yl acetate | FL/FR |
milky |
laevo- | glutamine | CS |
mushroom |
(S)-(+)-2- | octanol | |
3- | octen-2-ol | FL/FR |
1- | octen-3-yl butyrate | FL/FR |
nutty |
2- | ethyl pyrazine | FL/FR |
| filbert heptenone | FL/FR |
(-)-(E,R)- | filbertone | FL/FR |
| hazelnut fragrance | FR |
oily |
| butter acids | FL/FR |
| petal pyranone | FL/FR |
plastic |
1- | phenyl-1,2-propane dione | FL/FR |
soapy |
| ethyl undecanoate | FL/FR |
sweet |
| vanilla oleoresin bali | FL/FR |
tonka |
6- | amyl-alpha-pyrone | FL/FR |
| mint lactone | FL/FR |
tropical |
delta- | dodecalactone | FL/FR |
| glyceryl 5-hydroxydecanoate | FL/FR |
| glyceryl 5-hydroxydodecanoate | FL/FR |
vanilla |
ortho- | dimethyl hydroquinone | FL/FR |
| ethyl vanillin | FL/FR |
| ethyl vanillin isobutyrate | FL/FR |
| ethyl vanillin propylene glycol acetal | FL/FR |
| vanillin | FL/FR |
| vanillyl acetate | FL/FR |
| vanillyl isobutyrate | FL/FR |
| vanillylidene acetone | FL/FR |
vegetable |
| methional | FL/FR |
waxy |
| allyl nonanoate | FL/FR |
iso | amyl decanoate | FL/FR |
iso | amyl laurate | FL/FR |
5(6)- | decenoic acid | FL/FR |
9- | decenoic acid | FL/FR |
| ethyl palmitate | FL/FR |
2- | methyl heptanoic acid | FL/FR |
| methyl laurate | FL/FR |
2- | nonanol | FL/FR |
(E)-2- | octen-1-yl butyrate | FL/FR |
| octyl 2-methyl butyrate | FL/FR |
| octyl isobutyrate | FL/FR |
| palmitic acid | FR |
| phenethyl octanoate | FL/FR |
delta- | tetradecalactone | FL/FR |
(E)-2- | tridecenal | FL/FR |
| undecanoic acid | FL/FR |
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For Flavor |
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No flavor group found for these |
1- | acetoxyacetone | FL/FR |
| allyl cyclohexyl hexanoate | FL/FR |
| allyl methyl trisulfide | FL |
| amyl isobutyrate | FL/FR |
| benzyl lactate | FL/FR |
| benzyl octanoate | FL/FR |
| butter nut rum flavor | FL |
| butyl octanoate | FL/FR |
iso | butyl undecylenate | FL/FR |
| cinnamyl benzoate | FL/FR |
| cyclotene propionate | FL/FR |
(S)-delta- | decalactone | FL/FR |
7- | decen-4-olide | FL/FR |
6- | decenoic acid | FL |
| decyl propionate | FL/FR |
alpha,alpha- | dimethyl anisyl acetone | FL/FR |
ortho- | dimethyl hydroquinone | FL/FR |
delta-2- | dodecenolactone | FL/FR |
| ethyl butyryl lactate | FL |
| farnesyl acetone | FL/FR |
(E)-2- | hepten-1-yl acetate | FL/FR |
3-( | methyl thio) hexanal | FL |
3- | methyl-2-cyclopenten-1-one | FL |
4,5- | octane dione | FL |
(S)-(+)-2- | octanol | |
(E)-2- | octen-1-yl butyrate | FL/FR |
| octyl heptanoate | FL/FR |
| prenyl isobutyrate | FL/FR |
| propylene glycol dibutyrate | |
| sodium 4-methyl-2-oxovalerate | FL |
| valeraldehyde diethyl acetal | FL |
iso | valeraldehyde diethyl acetal | FL/FR |
acidic |
iso | butyric acid | FL/FR |
| levulinic acid | FL/FR |
aldehydic |
| acetyl nonyryl | FL/FR |
alliaceous |
3- | tetrahydrothiophenone | FL |
almond |
bitter | almond oil replacer | FL/FR |
amber |
iso | butyl benzyl carbinol | FL/FR |
anisic |
para- | anisyl butyrate | FL/FR |
balsamic |
| vanillylidene acetone | FL/FR |
berry |
| berries & cream flavor | FL |
| blueberry distillates | FL |
bitter |
| glyceryl tributyrate | FL |
brown |
2-oxo | butyric acid | FL/FR |
buttery |
| acetoin propylene glycol acetal | FL/FR |
| apple butter flavor | FL |
| bovolide | FL |
| butter almond flavor | FL |
| butter brickle flavor | FL |
| butter cream frosting flavor | FL |
| butter crème flavor | FL |
| butter enhancers | FL |
| butter flavor | FL |
brown | butter flavor | FL |
sweet | butter flavor | FL |
creamy | butter flavor | FL |
| butter honey flavor | FL |
| butter lemon flavor | FL |
| butter maple flavor | FL |
| butter nut vanilla flavor | FL |
| butter oil CO2 extract | FL/FR |
| butter onion garlic flavor | FL |
| butter pecan flavor | FL |
| butter praline flavor | FL |
| butter starter distillates | FL/FR |
| butter toffee flavor | FL |
| butter vanilla nut flavor | FL |
iso | butyl lactate | FL/FR |
| butyl laevo-lactate | FL/FR |
| butyroin | FL |
| diacetyl | FL |
| ghee flavor | FL |
2,3- | heptane dione | FL/FR |
3,4- | hexane dione | FL/FR |
2- | methyl valeric acid | FL/FR |
(E)-2- | pentenoic acid | FL |
cabbage |
| methyl 2-thiofuroate | FL |
caramellic |
| butter caramel flavor | FL |
| butter rum toffee flavor | FL |
| butterscotch cream flavor | FL |
| butterscotch flavor | FL |
| butterscotch toffee flavor | FL |
3- | methyl butyl 2-furyl butyrate | FL |
1- | phenyl-1,2-propane dione | FL/FR |
| strawberry furanone acetate | FL/FR |
cheesy |
2- | nonanone | FL/FR |
chocolate |
| chocolate blueberry flavor | FL |
| chocolate butter cream flavor | FL |
citrus |
| butter lemon orange flavor | FL |
coconut |
delta- | decalactone | FL/FR |
| massoia bark oil CO2 extract | FL |
(R)- | massoia lactone | FL |
6- | methyl coumarin | FL |
gamma- | nonalactone (aldehyde C-18 (so-called)) | FL/FR |
creamy |
| acetoin | FL/FR |
| acetoin butyrate | FL |
| acetyl butyryl | FL/FR |
| acetyl ethyl carbinol | FL |
6- | amyl-alpha-pyrone | FL/FR |
| butter esters | FL/FR |
| butter fat enzyme modified with added butyric acid | FL |
| butyl butyryl lactate | FL/FR |
| cream enhancers | FL |
| creamy lactone | FL/FR |
5(6)- | decenoic acid | FL/FR |
5,5- | dibutyl dihydrofuran-2(3H)-one | FL |
| divanillin | FL |
delta- | dodecalactone | FL/FR |
| glyceryl 5-hydroxydecanoate | FL/FR |
| glyceryl 5-hydroxydodecanoate | FL/FR |
| jasmin pyranone | FL/FR |
para- | methyl acetophenone | FL/FR |
| mint lactone | FL/FR |
delta- | nonalactone | FL/FR |
| octyl isobutyrate | FL/FR |
delta- | tridecalactone | FL/FR |
delta- | undecalactone | FL/FR |
gamma- | undecalactone (aldehyde C-14 (so-called)) | FL/FR |
para- | vanillic acid | FL/FR |
para- | vanillyl alcohol | FL/FR |
| waxy lactone | FL/FR |
dairy |
| acetoin dimer | FL/FR |
| buttermilk flavor | FL |
| cream flavor | FL |
| methyl (Z)-5-octenoate | FL/FR |
| milk flavor | FL |
earthy |
1- | nonen-3-ol | FL/FR |
fatty |
iso | amyl laurate | FL/FR |
| butter acids | FL/FR |
| coconut absolute | FL/FR |
(Z)- | dairy lactone | FL/FR |
| diacetyl trimer | FL |
(Z)- | ethyl oleate | FL/FR |
| ethyl undecylenate | FL/FR |
delta- | juniper lactone | FL/FR |
4- | methyl octanoic acid | FL/FR |
2,4- | octadien-1-ol | FL |
(Z)-3- | octen-1-ol | FL/FR |
(E,E)-2,4- | undecadienal | FL |
2,4- | undecadienal | FL |
floral |
| linalyl butyrate | FL/FR |
fruity |
| acetoin acetate | FL/FR |
| acetyl isovaleryl | FL |
bitter | almond oil | FL/FR |
| amaretto cream flavor | FL |
iso | amyl 2-methyl butyrate | FL/FR |
| apple vanilla flavor | FL |
| apricot cream flavor | FL |
| banana berry flavor | FL |
| banana cream flavor | FL |
| banana custard flavor | FL |
| banana flavor | FL |
ripe | banana flavor | FL |
| banana mango flavor | FL |
| banana peach flavor | FL |
| banana pineapple flavor | FL |
| banana split flavor | FL |
| berry banana flavor | FL |
| berry cream flavor | FL |
| blueberry cream flavor | FL |
| blueberry vanilla flavor | FL |
gamma- | decalactone | FL/FR |
gamma- | dodecalactone | FL/FR |
| ethyl lactate | FL/FR |
3- | heptyl dihydro-5-methyl-2(3H)-furanone | FL/FR |
2- | methyl butyl butyrate | FL/FR |
2- | methyl butyric acid | FL/FR |
| phenethyl octanoate | FL/FR |
| sorbyl butyrate | FL/FR |
| strawberry furanone butyrate | FL/FR |
iso | valeraldehyde propylene glycol acetal | FL/FR |
green |
| butyl lactate | FL/FR |
| heptanal 2,3-butane diol acetal | FL |
(Z)-4- | hepten-1-ol | FL/FR |
(Z)-4- | heptenal | FL/FR |
(Z)-4- | heptenal diethyl acetal | FL/FR |
(Z)-3- | hexen-1-yl butyrate | FL/FR |
3-(5- | methyl-2-furyl) butanal | FL |
(E,Z)-2,6- | nonadienal | FL/FR |
(Z)-6- | nonen-1-yl acetate | FL/FR |
2,3- | octane dione | FL |
herbal |
5- | hydroxymethyl furfural | FL |
ketonic |
3- | heptanone | FL/FR |
lactonic |
gamma- | octalactone | FL/FR |
milky |
gamma- | butyrolactone | FL/FR |
mushroom |
3- | octen-2-ol | FL/FR |
1- | octen-3-yl butyrate | FL/FR |
nutty |
| almond butter flavor | FL |
| banana nut flavor | FL |
| butter pecan cake flavor | FL |
| coffee furanone | FL/FR |
2- | ethyl pyrazine | FL/FR |
| filbert heptenone | FL/FR |
(-)-(E,R)- | filbertone | FL/FR |
| hazelnut flavor | FL |
| hazelnut paste | FL |
| macadamia nut flavor | FL |
oily |
| petal pyranone | FL/FR |
powdery |
| powdery ketone | FL |
sour |
| butyric acid | FL/FR |
spicy |
| benzylidene acetone | FL |
spiced | butter rum flavor | FL |
| cinnamon butter flavor | FL |
| cinnamon butter pecan flavor | FL |
| cinnamon nut butter rum flavor | FL |
| honey distillates | FL |
| vanilla butter nut flavor | FL |
| vanilla oleoresin bali | FL/FR |
toasted |
| acetyl propionyl | FL/FR |
tomato |
| methional | FL/FR |
vanilla |
| ethyl vanillin | FL/FR |
| ethyl vanillin isobutyrate | FL/FR |
| ethyl vanillin propylene glycol acetal | FL/FR |
| vanillin | FL/FR |
| vanillyl acetate | FL/FR |
| vanillyl isobutyrate | FL/FR |
waxy |
| allyl nonanoate | FL/FR |
iso | amyl decanoate | FL/FR |
| butyl undecylenate | FL/FR |
epsilon- | decalactone | FL/FR |
9- | decenoic acid | FL/FR |
| ethyl palmitate | FL/FR |
| ethyl undecanoate | FL/FR |
2- | methyl heptanoic acid | FL/FR |
| methyl laurate | FL/FR |
2- | nonanol | FL/FR |
| octyl 2-furoate | FL |
| octyl 2-methyl butyrate | FL/FR |
| octyl butyrate | FL/FR |
delta- | tetradecalactone | FL/FR |
(E)-2- | tridecenal | FL/FR |
| undecanoic acid | FL/FR |
2- | undecanone | FL/FR |
winey |
5- | ethyl-2-methyl pyridine | FL |
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Potential Uses:
Occurrence (nature, food, other): note
Synonyms:
| acetyl isobutyryl | | acetylisobutyryl | | methyl isopropyl diketone | 4- | methyl pentane-2,3-dione | 4- | methyl-2,3-pentane dione | 4- | methyl-2,3-pentanedione | 4- | methylpentane-2,3-dione | 2,3- | pentanedione, 4-methyl- | iso | propyl methyl diketone |
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