Octane-2,3-dione

Chemical properties

2,3-Octanedione has a “warmed-over” flavor (off-flavor).

Occurrence

Reportedly present in fish, turkey, chicken, beef, lamb, mutton, coffee, tea, peanut, mushroom, prickly pear and lavage leaf.

The Uses of Octane-2,3-dione

The title Octane-2,3-dione is used on a very limited scale in perfume compositions, mainly as a trace component in topnote compositions, }vhere it gives interesting effects in the presence of Civet and Phenylacetic acid, or certain Labdanum products, etc. It is also of good use in Ylang Ylang compositions and in many other flower bases.

Definition

ChEBI: 2,3-Octanedione is an alpha-diketone.

Synthesis Reference(s)

The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 59, p. 6338, 1994 DOI: 10.1021/jo00100a040