1-Penten-3-ol

Chemical properties

colourless liquid

Occurrence

Reported found in over 100 foods and beverages including orange; strawberry, banana, orange peel oil, raspberry, raw asparagus, shallot, crispbread, smoked fatty fish, red wine, black tea, partially fermented tea, green tea, roasted peanut, soybean, scallop, tomato, apricot, tangerine juice, bilberry, other berries, guava, melon, papaya, cabbage, kohlrabi, peas, cooked potato, ginger, tomato, spearmint oil, Scotch spearmint oil, mustard, wheat and rye bread, parmesan cheese, boiled egg, cooked fish, fish oil, roasted chicken, cooked beef, pork fat, hop oil, beer, olive, beans, mango, starfruit, dill herb, lovage leaf, laurel, malt, kiwifruit, endive, shrimp, oyster, nectarine, okra, clam, cape gooseberry and maté.

The Uses of 1-Penten-3-ol

1-Penten-3-ol is a food additive and can be found in banana oil essence.

Preparation

By prolonged contact of 1-chloro-2-pentene with NaOH solution.

Definition

ChEBI: 1-Penten-3-ol is an alcohol.

Aroma threshold values

Detection: 400 ppb

Taste threshold values

Taste characteristics at 15 ppm: green vegetable and fruity.