Benzylacetone

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Benzylacetone (IUPAC name: 4-phenylbutan-2-one) is a liquid with a sweet, flowery smell that is considered to be the most abundant attractant compound in flowers (e.g. Coyote Tobacco, Nicotiana attenuata)[1][2] and one of volatile components of cocoa.[3]

It can be used as an attractant for melon flies (Bactrocera cucurbitae),[4][5] in perfume,[6] and as an odorant for soap.

It can be prepared by the hydrogenation of benzylideneacetone.

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  3. Karl-Georg Fahlbusch, Franz-Josef Hammerschmidt, Johannes Panten, Wilhelm Pickenhagen, Dietmar Schatkowski, Kurt Bauer, Dorothea Garbe & Horst Surburg: Flavors and Fragrances, Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2003. Cited 28.8.2015.
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