odors of compounds
all odors are the result of chemical combinations called compounds
the table below lists some compounds and their common odor descriptions
compound | common odor description |
---|---|
acetic acid | vinegar |
arsenic | garlic, alliaceous |
benzene | mothballs, gasoline |
benzeneselenol | repulsive, pungent, characteristic |
bromine | chemical |
n-butanol | banana, sweet vodka, window cleaner, rancid alcoholic butter |
butyl mercaptan | rotten eggs |
butyric acid / butyrate / butanoic acid | rancid butter, vomit |
butryic anhydride | rancid butter, vomit |
cadaverine | rotten flesh |
camphor | mothballs |
dl-camphor | cold |
carbon diselenide | repulsive, pungent, characteristic |
copentadecalactone | musk |
cyclotene | burn |
diallyl sulfide | garlic |
dimethyl sulfide | garlic, cabbage, gasoline |
n-dimethylethylamine | ammonia, fish |
dimethyl disulfide | onion, sulfurous, rotten eggs, garlic |
dimethyl trisulfide | powerful, sulfurous, rotten eggs, garlic |
formaldehyde | chemical, suffocating |
2-heptanone | banana, fruity |
geosmin | earthy, dirt after rain, petrichor |
hydrogen sulfide | sulfurous, rotten eggs |
indole | fecal, musty, mothballs , jasmine depending on concentration |
isosyanide | deeply unpleasant |
isovaleric acid (3-methyl butanoic acid) | strong cheese , putridity |
lipase | soapy, sour |
2-mercaptoethanol | rotten eggs, burnt rubber |
methanethiol | rotting cabbage |
methionine | sulfurous, rotten eggs |
methyl mercaptan | faeces |
3-methyl-3-sulfanylhexan-1-ol | strong unpleasant boy odor |
napthalene | mothballs |
2-nonanone | fruity, floral, herbaceous |
2-nonenal | greasy, grassy, old people |
2-octanone | apple |
osmium tetroxide | chlorine |
phenol | sickeningly sweet, tarry, disinfectant |
phenylmagnesium bromide | pungent ether |
proline | chlorine, semen |
propionic acid | vinegar |
putrescine | rotting flesh |
pyridine | rotten fish |
pyrite | sulfurous, rotten eggs |
l-pyrroline | musk |
selenidic | decayed horseradish, musty, metallic, dirty diaper |
selenophenol | highly offensive skunk burning rubber |
skatole | feces, defecation |
sulfur | sulfurous, rotten eggs |
tellurium | garlic |
thioacetone | diarrhea |
thiophenol | burning rubber |
2,4,6 tribromoanisole (TBA) | musty |
trans-3-methyl-2-hexenoic acid (TMHA) | skunk, cumin |
trimethylamine | rotting fish, rotting eggs, garbage, urine |
tyrosine | cabbage or rancid butter |
undecanolactone | fruity, peach, apricot |
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