3,7-dimethyl-1-octanol
floral alcoholFound in 5 ingredients across the CompKitchen flavor graph.
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- Formula
- C10H22O
- Molecular weight
- 158.28 g/mol
- PubChem CID
- 7792 — full record on PubChem
Properties
- Odor description
- aldehydic, bitter, citrus, green, leathery, musty, soapy, waxy
- Volatility
- medium
- CAS number
- 106-21-8
FEMA GRAS — Generally Recognized As Safe for flavoring use
- FEMA number
- 2391
- GRAS publication
- GRAS 3
- FEMA primary name
- 3,7-DIMETHYL-1-OCTANOL
Use-level matrix not extracted for this substance — check the source publication for current ppm guidance.
How this molecule is described
Sources disagree about odour more often than they disagree about chemistry. Rather than show one answer, here is every description on file with how many ingredient records carry it.
Same molecule, unified here — previously counted and displayed as separate compounds.
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? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| water | 0.79 ppb | 0.79–0.79 | 1 | 1 | one paper |
Found in
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