4-methyl-2-pentanol
floral alcoholFound in 13 ingredients across the CompKitchen flavor graph.
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- Formula
- C6H14O
- Molecular weight
- 102.17 g/mol
- PubChem CID
- 7910 — full record on PubChem
Properties
- Odor description
- pungent
- Odor threshold
- 3201.56 ppb (1 source, non-SIDA)
- Volatility
- high
- CAS number
- 108-11-2
- Retention index
- 1191
FEMA GRAS — Generally Recognized As Safe for flavoring use
- FEMA number
- 4158
- GRAS publication
- GRAS 22
- FEMA primary name
- (+/-)-4-Mercapto-4-methyl-2-pentanol
Use-level matrix not extracted for this substance — check the source publication for current ppm guidance.
Where you'd actually smell it
Odor Activity Value = measured concentration ÷ odor threshold (3201.56 ppb). OAV ≥ 1 = perceptible.
| Food | Concentration (ppb) | OAV | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| wine | 2010.0 | 0.63 | Corpus paper |
Concentrations from PubMed Central Open Access papers (free literature corpus, MIT-style licensed). Copper = OAV ≥ 10 (strongly perceptible). Green = OAV ≥ 1 (perceptible).
Found in
Measured impact first, then profile shareEvery ingredient known to contain 4-methyl-2-pentanol. Ingredients with a measured concentration come first, ranked by odour activity; the rest follow by how large a share of that ingredient's profile this molecule is. The figure beside each is how many different compounds that ingredient has in total — not the concentration of 4-methyl-2-pentanol in it. Full concentrations are in the OAV table above.
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