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Elementary

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Alcohol Coding ?
« on: June 18, 2002, 03:43:00 PM »
I am looking at an aroma companys chemical list and they have alcohol with the following coding :

ALCOHOL C10
ALCOHOL C12
ALCOHOL C6
ALCOHOL C8
ALCOHOL C9

What the hell do these "C" numbers represent ?
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Nemo_Tenetur

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carbon numbers?
« Reply #1 on: June 18, 2002, 04:17:00 PM »
maybe the number of carbon atoms. C6 could be hexanol, C10 may be decanol. Just my guess, because such alcohols are required for esterification of aliphatic acids (fruity smell).
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Elementary

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Oh right, I see where you coming from.
« Reply #2 on: June 18, 2002, 04:57:00 PM »
Oh right, I see where you coming from.

So C2 would be ethanol.

Thanks for you help  8)
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