1,2,4-trimethoxybenzene

spicy oxygenated compound

Found in 3 ingredients across the CompKitchen flavor graph.

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2D Lewis Structure

Formula: C9H12O3
Molecular weight: 168.19 g/mol
PubChem CID: 67284 — full record on PubChem

Properties

Odor threshold: 3.06 ppb
Volatility: medium
CAS number: 135-77-3
Retention index: 17

Not in FEMA GRAS publications 1-33. Of 3,367 listed flavoring substances, none match this compound name. May still be food-safe under other regulatory routes (FDA 21 CFR 172, EFSA, JECFA) — check femaflavor.org for the authoritative current list.

Thresholds in published tables

Numbers printed in open-access papers, grouped by the medium the table states. Median and full range of the values; “agree” means two or more papers whose middle 80% of values sit within 100×. Not reviewed.

Medium	Median	Range	Values	Papers	Papers agree?
food matrix	51.53 ppb	3.06–100	2	2	yes
unstated	3.06 ppb	3.06–1.03e+04	5	4	no (3.5 decades)
water	3.06 ppb	3.06–3.06	4	2	yes

Found in

Measured impact first, then profile share

Every ingredient known to contain 1,2,4-trimethoxybenzene. 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 1,2,4-trimethoxybenzene in it.

✓1 101 cmpds

232 cmpds

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