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Do thiol compounds smell like skunk?

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13y ago
Updated: 8/18/2019

Some but not all thiol compounds smell skunky. Others may smell more of garlic, body odor, rotten eggs, burnt rubber. In the case of those with a higher molecular weight and/or low volatility, they may lack an odor entirely. 2-butene-1-thiol and 3-methyl-1-butanethiol are the primary olfactory compounds in the spray of new world skunk species. As their name suggests, they are thiols.

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