Gas chromatography-olfactometry (GC-O), gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) and preparative column chromatography were used to identify the key odorants present in laboratory-extracted clementine oil from Spain. Almost 50 odorants were identified using GC-O, many of which were unsaturated aldehydes with high odour spectrum values (OSV). α-and β-sinensal, trans-4,5-epoxy-(E)-2-decanal, (E,Z)-2,6-dodecadienal and linalool were found to dominate clementine oil aroma. Enrichment of the oxygenates using preparative column chromatography provided further identification of a total of 50 aldehydes, not all of which were present in the oil at concentrations high enough to produce a response using GC-O. Aldehydes contributed approximately 80% of the total aroma of clementine oil. New odorants not previously reported in clementine oil include many unsaturated aldehydes, trans-4,5-epoxy-(E)-2-decenal, trans-4,5-epoxy-(E)
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