Benzylacetone (IUPAC name: 4-phenylbutan-2-one) is a liquid with a sweet, flowery smell that is considered to be the most abundant attractant compound in flowers (e.g. Coyote Tobacco, Nicotiana attenuata) and one of volatile components of cocoa.Karl-Georg Fahlbusch, Franz-Josef Hammerschmidt, Johannes Panten, Wilhelm Pickenhagen, Dietmar Schatkowski, Kurt Bauer, Dorothea Garbe & Horst Surburg: Flavors and Fragrances, Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2003. Cited 28.8.2015.
It can be used as an attractant for melon flies (Bactrocera cucurbitae), in perfume for its floral and balsamic aroma, and as an odorant for soap.
It can be prepared by the hydrogenation of benzylideneacetone.
See also Odor Pheromone Fragrances
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NIST 4-Phenyl-2-butanone