Musk ketone discovered by accident, 1894

It was a musk made in the laboratory rather than taken from an animal.

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Date

1894 (year)

documented

Key enabling milestones were the musk ketone accidentally discovered in 1894, being an important compound not derived directly from nature.

ISO-2 · Stepanyuk and Kirschning (2019). Synthetic terpenoids in the world of fragrances: Iso E Super® is the showcase · read 2026-09-30

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Kind

synthesis

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What happened

Musk ketone, a nitro musk not derived directly from nature, is discovered by accident.

documented

Key enabling milestones were the musk ketone accidentally discovered in 1894, being an important compound not derived directly from nature.

ISO-2 · Stepanyuk and Kirschning (2019). Synthetic terpenoids in the world of fragrances: Iso E Super® is the showcase · read 2026-09-30

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Molecules

• Musk ketone

Sources

1. ISO-2 · Stepanyuk A, Kirschning A. Synthetic terpenoids in the world of fragrances: Iso E Super® is the showcase. Beilstein J Org Chem. 2019;15:2590–2602. doi.org/10.3762/bjoc.15.252 · read 2026-09-30 · CC BY 4.0

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