Yellowish liquid; boiled beef aroma.
Reported found in heated beef, cocoa, coffee and cooked pork.
Possible applications: Chocolate, Dutch cocoa, coffee, various savory meaty flavors, malt and toasted bread.
ChEBI: Trimethyloxazole is an oxazole.
Medium strength odor, nutty type; recommend smelling in a 10.00% solution or less.
2,4,5-Trimethyloxazole undergoes regio- and diastereoselective photocycloaddition reaction with aliphatic and aromatic aldehydes to yield erythro α-amino, β-hydroxy methyl ketones.
Odor at 1.0%: Slight pyridine-like, roasted vegetative, toasted Dutched cocoa background with a slight nutty nuance.
Taste at 1ppm: Sweet roasted cocoa, coffee, chocolate, slightly seared savory beef, proteinous with green vegetative nuances.
