Cyclopentadecanone

Cyclopentadecanone Structure
Cyclopentadecanone structure
Common Name Cyclopentadecanone
CAS Number 502-72-7 Molecular Weight 224.382
Density 0.9±0.1 g/cm3 Boiling Point 338.3±0.0 °C at 760 mmHg
Molecular Formula C15H28O Melting Point 63-65 °C(lit.)
MSDS Chinese USA Flash Point 139.0±11.3 °C

Molecular vibration-sensing component in human olfaction.

PLoS ONE 8(1) , e55780, (2013)

Whether olfaction recognizes odorants by their shape, their molecular vibrations, or both remains an open and controversial question. A convenient way to address it is to test for odor character differences between deuterated and undeuterated odorant isotopom...