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cis-3-Hexenal

CAS 6789-80-6  ·  Synthetic  ·  Top note  ·  Leafy green

Impact

9 of 10

Working dilution

1% what we prefill
Green 55%Aldehydic 27%Fruity 18%
grassy 30%fatty 27%leafy 25%apple 18%

What does cis-3-Hexenal smell like?

The violent green of crushed grass and torn leaf, grassy and weedy over a fatty base with a fruity apple-skin edge. Nothing else lands this cut-grass impact; it isomerises to the trans-2 isomer readily, so it is worked from dilution and added late.

greenfattygrassyfruityapple

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What else is cis-3-Hexenal called?

(Z)-3-Hexenal  ·  cis-3-Hexen-1-al  ·  (Z)-hex-3-enal  ·  hex-3(cis)-enal  ·  cis-3-Hexenaldehyde

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What can replace cis-3-Hexenal?

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.

  • Aldehyde C-6 (Hexanal)
    carries Grassy green, Fatty aldehydic, Apple fruity, Leafy green. Vegetal green
    83%
  • Aldehyde C-6 (Hexanal) 63% + 2-Methyl-2-pentenal 37%
    carries Grassy green, Fatty aldehydic, Apple fruity, Leafy green. Vegetal green; Aldehyde C-6 (Hexanal) brings the Grassy green side (63%); 2-Methyl-2-pentenal brings the Grassy green side (37%)
    87%
  • Aldehyde C-6 (Hexanal) 81% + Methional 19%
    carries Grassy green, Fatty aldehydic, Apple fruity, Leafy green. Vegetal green; Aldehyde C-6 (Hexanal) brings the Grassy green side (81%); Methional brings the Vegetal green side (19%)
    87%
  • Aldehyde C-6 (Hexanal) 79% + Acetaldehyde Ethyl cis-3-Hexenyl Acetal 21%
    carries Grassy green, Fatty aldehydic, Apple fruity, Leafy green. Vegetal green; Aldehyde C-6 (Hexanal) brings the Grassy green side (79%); Acetaldehyde Ethyl cis-3-Hexenyl Acetal brings the Leafy green side (21%)
    86%
  • trans-2-Hexenol 51% + Isobutyraldehyde 49%
    carries Grassy green, Fatty aldehydic, Apple fruity, Leafy green. Vegetal green; trans-2-Hexenol brings the Leafy green side (51%); Isobutyraldehyde brings the Fatty aldehydic side (49%)
    86%

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Which materials are closest to cis-3-Hexenal?

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cis-3-Hexenal

A written odor description
yes
Olfactive families, in dominance order
3
Sub-categories under them
4
Impact, out of 10
9
Hours on a blotter
estimated from family and band
CAS number
yes
Supplier and trade synonyms
5
Constituent breakdown
not on file

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Described in words
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Impact rating out of 10
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Classified into an olfactive family
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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

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