odors and flavors -------------------------------- 1-butanethiol (n-butyl mercaptan) is a pretty close approximation to skunk odor. It is a flammable liquid, and is available from laboratory chemical suppliers. For further "reality", add some 1,1-thiochlorobutene (dimethylallyl sulfide). This substance may not be readily available and may require some custom synthesis ----------------------------------- Offhand, here are a few esters and some of the fruits in which they are found. Bear in mind that in both natural and synthetically created flavors and fragrances, these esters are *always* found in combination with themselves and other substances. A complete list is virtually endless! allyl caproate pineapple amyl acetate apple, banana amyl butyrate apricot, pear, pineapple amyl caproate apple, pineapple amyl valerate apple benzyl acetate pear, strawberry bornyl acetate pine tree flavor :-) iso-butyl acetate cherry, raspberry, strawberry ethyl acetate peach, pineapple, raspberry ethyl butyrate banana, pineapple, strawberry ethyl caproate strawberry ethyl cinnamate cinnamon ethyl formate lemon, strawberry ethyl heptoate grape, pineapple ethyl isovalerate apple ethyl heptanoate apricot, cherry, grape, raspberry ethyl lactate grape ethyl pelargonate grape geranyl acetate geranium geranyl butyrate cherry geranyl valerate apple linalyl acetate lavender, sage linalyl butyrate peach linalyl formate apple, peach menthyl acetate peppermint methyl benzyl acetate cherry methyl cinnamate strawberry methyl phenyl acetate honey methyl salicylate root beer, wintergreen methyl anthranilate grape, jasmine nonyl caprylate orange octyl butyrate parsnip terpenyl butyrate cherry [and IUPAC equivalents to these names....] |>allyl caproate 2-propen-1-yl hexanoate |>amyl acetate pentyl ethanoate |>amyl butyrate pentyl butanoate |>amyl caproate pentyl hexanoate |>amyl valerate pentyl pentanoate |>benzyl acetate benzyl ethanoate |>bornyl acetate 1,7,7-trimethylbicyclo[2.2.1]heptan-2-ol ethanoate |>iso-butyl acetate 2-methylpropyl ethanoate |>ethyl acetate ethyl ethanoate |>ethyl butyrate ethyl butanoate |>ethyl caproate ethyl hexanoate |>ethyl cinnamate ethyl 3-phenyl-2-propenoate |>ethyl formate ethyl methanoate |>ethyl isovalerate ethyl 3-methylbutanoate |>ethyl heptanoate ethyl heptanoate [How 'bout dat! :-) ] |>ethyl lactate ethyl 2-hydroxypropanoate |>ethyl pelargonate ethyl nonanoate |>geranyl acetate 3,7-dimethyl-2,6-octadien-3-yl ethanoate |>geranyl butyrate 3,7-dimethyl-2,6-octadien-3-yl butanoate |>geranyl valerate 3,7-dimethyl-2,6-octadien-3-yl pentanoate |>linalyl acetate 3,7-dimethyl-1,6-octadien-3-yl ethanoate |>linalyl butyrate 3,7-dimethyl-1,6-octadien-3-yl butanoate |>linalyl formate 3,7-dimethyl-1,6-octadien-3-yl methanoate |>menthyl acetate 5-methyl-2-(1-methylethyl)cyclohexanol ethanoate |>methyl benzyl acetate methylbenzene ethanoate |>methyl cinnamate methyl 3-phenyl-2-propenoate |>methyl phenyl acetate methylphenyl ethanoate |>methyl salicylate methyl 2-hydroxybenzoate |>methyl anthranilate methyl 2-aminobenzoate |>nonyl caprylate nonyl octanoate |>octyl butyrate octyl butanoate |>terpenyl butyrate 1,7,7-trimethylbicyclo[2.2.1]hept-2-yl ethanoate After doing the above list, I now have a headache. I know there are some white pills that I should take for it, but I can't recall their IUPAC name... :-)