2-Sulfanyloctanal

  • Identifiers

    Molecular formula
    C8H16OS

    SMILES
    CCCCCCC(C=O)S

  • Odor profile

    Fragrance
    Green 72.87%
    Citrus 72.12%
    Fruity 70.31%
    Grapefruit 57.35%
    Fatty 48.19%
    Tropical 47.89%
    Fresh 39.41%
    Meaty 35.97%
    Sulfurous 32.88%
    Herbal 32.58%

     

    Flavor
    Green 46.76%
    Sulfurous 33.36%
    Fatty 31.42%
    Metallic 29.18%
    Sulfury 28.2%
    Meaty 23.39%
    Mushroom 23.09%
    Herbal 22.68%
    Onion 22.66%
    Earthy 22.34%

     

    Odor impact est.
    High

  • Properties

    XLogP3-AA
    3.0

    pKa est.
    7.28 (neutral)

    Molecular weight
    160.28 g/mol

    Vapor pressure est.

    • hPa @ 20°C
    • hPa @ 25°C

    Evaporation rate
    Moderately slow

    Boiling point est.
    229°C

    Flash point

    • 81.54 ˚C est.

  • Applications

    2-Sulfanyloctanal is an organosulfur aldehyde that is commonly viewed as a synthetic intermediate and fragrance ingredient; it can be used as an odorant in perfumery and as a building block to generate thioethers and thioesters for sulfur-containing derivatives in chemical synthesis; in cosmetics and personal care it may serve as a fragrance component or a thiol-based linking agent; in industrial manufacturing, coatings/inks, and polymers/plastics it can be used as a reactive intermediate or crosslinking building block to form polymer networks or coatings via thiol-ene chemistry or related sulfur transformations; in the food/flavor domain it may be evaluated as a flavor precursor under controlled conditions; overall use is subject to local regulations and formulation limits.

    gpt-5-nano

  • Solubility @25˚C

    Solvent Solubility (g/L)
    ethanol 1533.36
    methanol 1752.34
    isopropanol 1156.16
    water 0.23
    ethyl acetate 1210.43
    n-propanol 1113.01
    acetone 3273.41
    n-butanol 1044.2
    acetonitrile 945.68
    DMF 1689.92
    toluene 411.83
    isobutanol 797.29
    1,4-dioxane 1505.95
    methyl acetate 1014.75
    THF 2868.92
    2-butanone 1665.87
    n-pentanol 701.18
    sec-butanol 852.07
    n-hexane 147.03
    ethylene glycol 197.45
    NMP 1200.93
    cyclohexane 192.81
    DMSO 2380.28
    n-butyl acetate 1166.48
    n-octanol 233.81
    chloroform 1704.22
    n-propyl acetate 915.46
    acetic acid 1185.65
    dichloromethane 1430.66
    cyclohexanone 2081.67
    propylene glycol 328.94
    isopropyl acetate 746.64
    DMAc 821.44
    2-ethoxyethanol 841.9
    isopentanol 864.84
    n-heptane 68.07
    ethyl formate 613.59
    1,2-dichloroethane 1334.23
    n-hexanol 771.17
    2-methoxyethanol 1471.12
    isobutyl acetate 543.79
    tetrachloromethane 355.18
    n-pentyl acetate 501.79
    transcutol 3122.14
    n-heptanol 256.05
    ethylbenzene 216.43
    MIBK 752.3
    2-propoxyethanol 1077.5
    tert-butanol 1354.61
    MTBE 1134.52
    2-butoxyethanol 509.91
    propionic acid 797.58
    o-xylene 231.19
    formic acid 317.1
    diethyl ether 1295.78
    m-xylene 293.28
    p-xylene 294.27
    chlorobenzene 636.67
    dimethyl carbonate 200.5
    n-octane 24.08
    formamide 474.33
    cyclopentanone 2298.43
    2-pentanone 1550.38
    anisole 462.93
    cyclopentyl methyl ether 1155.59
    gamma-butyrolactone 1836.56
    1-methoxy-2-propanol 1101.03
    pyridine 1373.87
    3-pentanone 775.7
    furfural 1423.86
    n-dodecane 14.85
    diethylene glycol 704.01
    diisopropyl ether 311.86
    tert-amyl alcohol 890.22
    acetylacetone 1242.69
    n-hexadecane 17.96
    acetophenone 464.55
    methyl propionate 712.56
    isopentyl acetate 876.87
    trichloroethylene 2421.52
    n-nonanol 193.12
    cyclohexanol 879.76
    benzyl alcohol 426.79
    2-ethylhexanol 401.44
    isooctanol 208.28
    dipropyl ether 525.04
    1,2-dichlorobenzene 536.45
    ethyl lactate 254.98
    propylene carbonate 896.37
    n-methylformamide 851.89
    2-pentanol 664.47
    n-pentane 94.35
    1-propoxy-2-propanol 846.82
    1-methoxy-2-propyl acetate 796.05
    2-(2-methoxypropoxy) propanol 441.21
    mesitylene 193.08
    ε-caprolactone 1299.28
    p-cymene 144.82
    epichlorohydrin 1821.44
    1,1,1-trichloroethane 1353.13
    2-aminoethanol 468.51
    morpholine-4-carbaldehyde 1148.28
    sulfolane 1984.97
    2,2,4-trimethylpentane 46.25
    2-methyltetrahydrofuran 1969.48
    n-hexyl acetate 587.85
    isooctane 43.59
    2-(2-butoxyethoxy)ethanol 669.86
    sec-butyl acetate 554.89
    tert-butyl acetate 822.82
    decalin 69.91
    glycerin 408.75
    diglyme 1310.71
    acrylic acid 637.77
    isopropyl myristate 187.95
    n-butyric acid 1284.36
    acetyl acetate 585.04
    di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate 172.86
    ethyl propionate 540.68
    nitromethane 1812.86
    1,2-diethoxyethane 966.63
    benzonitrile 632.65
    trioctyl phosphate 132.16
    1-bromopropane 808.58
    gamma-valerolactone 2090.57
    n-decanol 133.31
    triethyl phosphate 186.9
    4-methyl-2-pentanol 342.3
    propionitrile 774.97
    vinylene carbonate 712.78
    1,1,2-trichlorotrifluoroethane 1177.23
    DMS 421.02
    cumene 141.09
    2-octanol 188.0
    2-hexanone 1076.84
    octyl acetate 227.85
    limonene 247.9
    1,2-dimethoxyethane 1404.4
    ethyl orthosilicate 200.63
    tributyl phosphate 188.08
    diacetone alcohol 819.92
    N,N-dimethylaniline 261.33
    acrylonitrile 889.29
    aniline 555.76
    1,3-propanediol 760.2
    bromobenzene 645.5
    dibromomethane 1094.11
    1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethane 1704.06
    2-methyl-cyclohexyl acetate 389.23
    tetrabutyl urea 232.24
    diisobutyl methanol 242.34
    2-phenylethanol 461.56
    styrene 316.44
    dioctyl adipate 280.5
    dimethyl sulfate 370.33
    ethyl butyrate 556.86
    methyl lactate 297.67
    butyl lactate 394.58
    diethyl carbonate 302.31
    propanediol butyl ether 527.21
    triethyl orthoformate 349.2
    p-tert-butyltoluene 145.9
    methyl 4-tert-butylbenzoate 338.82
    morpholine 1962.8
    tert-butylamine 799.55
    n-dodecanol 97.31
    dimethoxymethane 859.31
    ethylene carbonate 608.35
    cyrene 390.83
    2-ethoxyethyl acetate 685.5
    2-ethylhexyl acetate 634.93
    1,2,4-trichlorobenzene 639.06
    4-methylpyridine 1219.99
    dibutyl ether 396.01
    2,6-dimethyl-4-heptanol 242.34
    DEF 953.5
    dimethyl isosorbide 716.76
    tetrachloroethylene 1276.19
    eugenol 349.75
    triacetin 503.88
    span 80 433.13
    1,4-butanediol 285.31
    1,1-dichloroethane 1499.18
    2-methyl-1-pentanol 559.35
    methyl formate 589.15
    2-methyl-1-butanol 712.4
    n-decane 30.24
    butyronitrile 986.94
    3,7-dimethyl-1-octanol 269.55
    1-chlorooctane 163.9
    1-chlorotetradecane 53.87
    n-nonane 32.27
    undecane 20.05
    tert-butylcyclohexane 69.03
    cyclooctane 48.48
    cyclopentanol 949.46
    tetrahydropyran 2110.1
    tert-amyl methyl ether 602.63
    2,5,8-trioxanonane 718.0
    1-hexene 569.02
    2-isopropoxyethanol 600.96
    2,2,2-trifluoroethanol 311.11
    methyl butyrate 853.73

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Recommendation
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Maximum acceptable concentrations in the finished product (%)
Category 1
Products applied to the lips
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Rinse-off products applied to the hair with some hand contact
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Category 2
Products applied to the axillae
No restriction Category 7B
Leave-on products applied to the hair with some hand contact
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Category 3
Products applied to the face/body using fingertips
No restriction Category 8
Products with significant anogenital exposure
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Category 4
Products related to fine fragrance
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Products with body and hand exposure, primarily rinse off
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Category 5A
Body lotion products applied to the body using the hands (palms), primarily leave on
No restriction Category 10A
Household care products with mostly hand contact
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Category 5B
Face moisturizer products applied to the face using the hands (palms), primarily leave on
No restriction Category 10B
Household care products with mostly hand contact, including aerosol/spray products (with potential leave-on skin contact)
No restriction
Category 5C
Hand cream products applied to the hands using the hands (palms), primarily leave on
No restriction Category 11A
Products with intended skin contact but minimal transfer of fragrance to skin from inert substrate without UV exposure
No restriction
Category 5D
Baby Creams, baby Oils and baby talc
No restriction Category 11B
Products with intended skin contact but minimal transfer of fragrance to skin from inert substrate with potential UV exposure
No restriction
Category 6
Products with oral and lip exposure
No restriction Category 12
Products not intended for direct skin contact, minimal or insignificant transfer to skin
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