The synthesis and the odor tonalities of racemic 5-demethyl--ionone are described. This synthetic ionone derivative did not show the typical floral-woody violet smell of -ionone, definitely proving the importance of a suitably sized and spatially oriented alkyl substituent at C(5) for stimulating olfactory receptors of ionones.
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