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Science 4 June 1971:
Vol. 172. no. 3987, pp. 1044 - 1046
DOI: 10.1126/science.172.3987.1044
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Odor Incongruity and Chirality

Lester Friedman 1 and John G. Miller 1

1 Department of Chemistry, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106

The enantiomers R-(-)- and S-(+)-carvone are the organoleptic constituents in oil of spearmint and caraway, respectively. Their odor distinctiveness has been unambiguously demonstrated by chemical interconversion, independent synthesis, and resolution. Odor differences between other chiral isomers were also firmly established.


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