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2-Methyltetrahydrofuran-3-one

CAS 3188-00-9  ·  Synthetic  ·  Top note  ·  Coffee

Impact

6 of 10

Working dilution

Neat or 10% both are common on the bench
Gourmand 67%Sweet 33%
caramel 40%coffee 36%caramel 12%sugary 11%

What does 2-Methyltetrahydrofuran-3-one smell like?

Sweet nutty and roasted coffee furanone with a caramelised, bready warmth and none of the sulfur harshness of the coffee thiols. The clean partner to those mercaptans, useful for coffee, praline and toasted-bread accords where a thiol would read rank, though it flashes off quickly.

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What else is 2-Methyltetrahydrofuran-3-one called?

Coffee furanone  ·  Dihydro-2-methyl-3(2H)-furanone  ·  2-Methyl-3-oxotetrahydrofuran  ·  Methyl tetrahydrofuranone

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What can replace 2-Methyltetrahydrofuran-3-one?

Computed, not collected from forums. A pair covers together what one cannot. The number is how much of this material's character a bottle carries, not a promise that it is the same thing.

  • 2-Methyl-3-(methylthio)pyrazine
    carries Coffee gourmand, Caramel sweet, Praline gourmand, Caramel gourmand. Sugary sweet; louder, so use a little less
    75%
  • 2-Acetyl-2-thiazoline 61% + 2-Methyl-3-furanthiol 39%
    carries Coffee gourmand, Praline gourmand, Caramel gourmand, Sugary sweet. Caramel sweet; 2-Acetyl-2-thiazoline brings the Praline gourmand side (61%); 2-Methyl-3-furanthiol brings the Coffee gourmand side (39%); louder, so use a little less
    86%
  • 2-Acetyl-2-thiazoline 40% + 2-Methyl-3-furanthiol 35% + Caramel Dione 25%
    carries Coffee gourmand, Caramel sweet, Praline gourmand, Caramel gourmand. 2-Acetyl-2-thiazoline brings the Praline gourmand side (40%); 2-Methyl-3-furanthiol brings the Coffee gourmand side (35%); Caramel Dione brings the Caramel sweet side (25%); louder, so use a little less
    86%
  • 2-Acetyl-2-thiazoline 54% + Furfuryl Thioformate 46%
    carries Coffee gourmand, Praline gourmand, Caramel gourmand, Sugary sweet. Caramel sweet; 2-Acetyl-2-thiazoline brings the Praline gourmand side (54%); Furfuryl Thioformate brings the Coffee gourmand side (46%); louder, so use a little less
    80%
  • 2-Acetyl-2-thiazoline 41% + Coffee (F-TEC) 60%
    carries Coffee gourmand, Caramel sweet, Praline gourmand, Caramel gourmand. 2-Acetyl-2-thiazoline brings the Praline gourmand side (41%); Coffee (F-TEC) brings the Coffee gourmand side (59%)
    79%

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Which materials are closest to 2-Methyltetrahydrofuran-3-one?

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2-Methyltetrahydrofuran-3-one

A written odor description
yes
Olfactive families, in dominance order
2
Sub-categories under them
4
Impact, out of 10
6
Hours on a blotter
estimated from family and band
CAS number
yes
Supplier and trade synonyms
4
Constituent breakdown
not on file

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Described in words
every one
Impact rating out of 10
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Classified into an olfactive family
2,172
Carrying several families, in order
2,070
Sub-category assignments
9,899 across 229 pairs
A top / heart / base band
2,157
Hours on a blotter
898
CAS number
1,642
Supplier synonyms
5,888 names
Constituent breakdowns
739

Every regulatory join - IFRA, GHS, allergens - is by CAS number, and a material can supply one through its constituents as well as its own row, so of the 569 materials carrying no CAS number the 244 without a constituent table are the ones that return "nothing known" rather than "nothing applies". The blotter hours are sourced rather than measured by us, and the app labels every one of them an estimate. There is no physical chemistry on a row: no molecular weight, no vapour pressure, no boiling point. The longer answer, or the whole catalog counted.