The chemical formulas of various substances used to mimic plant-based aromas and flavors.Tastes like science.
Beyond just cool taste/smell, these plant derived natural products are wonderful, cheap, and readily available precursors for more complex compounds! Chirality included.
Also did anyone notice that benzyl butyrate is missing a carbon
edit: ugh they also fucked up methyl 2-aminobenzoate this post sucks dick. they also neglected the stereochemistry of menthol ughguhguha
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