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The Smelling Principle of Vetiver Oil, Unveiled by Chemical Synthesis

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Ouyang,  Jie
Research Department List, Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Max Planck Society;

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Dao,  Quang Minh
Research Department Fürstner, Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Max Planck Society;

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Dehn,  Stefanie
Research Department List, Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Max Planck Society;

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Lingnau,  Julia B.
Service Department Farès (NMR), Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Max Planck Society;

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De,  Chandra Kanta
Research Department List, Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Max Planck Society;

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List,  Benjamin
Research Department List, Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Max Planck Society;

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Ouyang, J., Bae, H., Jordi, S., Dao, Q. M., Dossenbach, S., Dehn, S., et al. (2021). The Smelling Principle of Vetiver Oil, Unveiled by Chemical Synthesis. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 60(11), 5666-5672. doi:10.1002/anie.202014609.


Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-0008-1DBB-6
Abstract
Vetiver oil, produced on a multiton‐scale from the roots of vetiver grass, is one of the finest and most popular perfumery materials, appearing in over a third of all fragrances. It is a complex mixture of hundreds of molecules and the specific odorant, responsible for its characteristic suave and sweet transparent, woody‐ambery smell, has remained a mystery until today. Herein, we prove by an eleven‐step chemical synthesis, employing a novel asymmetric organocatalytic Mukaiyama–Michael addition, that (+)‐2‐epi‐ziza‐6(13)en‐3‐one is the active smelling principle of vetiver oil. Its olfactory evaluation reveals a remarkable odor threshold of 29 picograms per liter air, responsible for the special sensuous aura it lends to perfumes and the quasi‐pheromone‐like effect it has on perfumers and consumers alike.