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1-nonen-3-one

fruity ketone

Found in 6 ingredients across the CompKitchen flavor graph.

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2D Lewis structure of 1-nonen-3-one
2D Lewis Structure
Formula
C9H16O
Molecular weight
140.22 g/mol
PubChem CID
181106 — full record on PubChem

Properties

Odor threshold
90.3 ppb
Volatility
high
CAS number
24415-26-7
Retention index
1413
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.

MediumMedianRangeValuesPapersPapers agree?
air 0.00028 µg/L air 8e-05–0.001 31 one paper
unstated 0.001 ppb 0.001–0.001 66 yes

Found in

Measured impact first, then profile share

Every ingredient known to contain 1-nonen-3-one. 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-nonen-3-one in it.

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