Chemical Properties
colorless liquid
Chemical Properties
3-Decanone has a citrus-orange, floral and slightly fatty odor.
Occurrence
Reportedly present in bananas, mushrooms, lemon peel oil, mentha oil, butter (heated) and shrimp
(cooked).
Preparation
Prepared by a patented process by the oxidation of alkanes with oxygen using a catalyst under mild conditions. Also prepared
by palladium(II)-catalyzed Wacker oxidation of 1-decene in the presence of acid (HClO4).
Definition
ChEBI: A ketone that is decane in which the methylene hydrogens at position 3 are replaced by an oxo group.
Aroma threshold values
Detection at 0.025 to 0.041 ppm in water.