what are the chemical reactions that occur in the making of fragrances or more specifically perfumes?
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please include the compounds and/or elements involved and the process by which they react.
please include the compounds and/or elements involved and the process by which they react.
Perfumes or fragrances are a combination of different pleasant smelling organic compounds, mainly, esters and alcohols. Some simple examples are: Ethyl acetate, Butyl acetate, Ethanol, etc.
all good smelling chemicals have a functional groups called esters.Esters are a class of chemical compounds and functional groups. Esters consist of an inorganic or organic acid in which at least one -OH (hydroxy) group is replaced by an -O-alkyl (alkoxy) groupEsters can be synthesized in a condensation reaction between an acid and an alcohol in a reaction known as esterification……Esters of aromatic acids are also encountered, including benzoates such as methyl benzoate, and phthalates, with substitution allowed in the name
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No reaction occures when perfumes are manufactured.
Perfume manufacturing is an art of blending lot of chemicals.
Perfume is a mixture of fragrant essential oils and aroma compounds, fixatives, and solvents used to give the human body, objects, and living spaces a pleasant smell.
1. ACETONE
2. BENZALDEHYDE
3. BENZYL ACETATE
4. BENZYL ALCOHOL
5. CAMPHOR
6. ETHANOL
7. ETHYL ACETATE
8. LIMONENE
9. LINALOOL
10. METHYLENE CHLORIDE
11. a-PINENE
12. g-TERPINENE
13. a-TERPINEOL
14. Fixatives
Fixatives are used to depress the evaporation rate of essential oils, the main cause of a perfume loosing its scent with time.