3-methyl-3-butenol

floral alcohol

Found in 2 ingredients across the CompKitchen flavor graph.

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Properties

Odor description: sweet, fruity
Odor threshold: 547.12 ppb (1 source, non-SIDA)
CAS number: 763-32-6

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?
air	547.1 µg/L air	547–8.79e+03	5	2	yes
food matrix	466.7 ppb	123–3.63e+05	5	4	no (3.5 decades)
unstated	547.1 ppb	0.55–5e+04	9	8	no (3.0 decades)

Found in

Measured impact first, then profile share

Every ingredient known to contain 3-methyl-3-butenol. 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 3-methyl-3-butenol in it.

164 cmpds

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