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Structure Definition

Civetone
`A cyclic ketone and one of the
oldest perfume ingredients known. It is
a pheromone sourced from the African
Civet. It has a strong musky odor that
becomes pleasant at extreme dilutions.
Civetone is closely related to muscone,
the principal odiferous compound
IUPAC NAME: found in musk, because both

1-Cycloheptadec-9-enone compounds are macrocyclic ketones.


Today, civetone can be synthesized
from precursor chemicals found
in palm oil.

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