Tags: Chemical Compound, Chemical Substance.
Benzylacetone (IUPAC name: 4-phenyl-2-butanone) is a liquid with a sweet flowery smell that is considered to be the most abundant attractant compound in flowers (e.g. Coyote Tobacco Nicotiana attenuata) and one of volatile components of cocoa.[citation needed]It can be used as an attractant for melon flies (Bactrocera cucurbitae) in perfume and as an odorant for soap.It can be prepared by the hydrogenation of benzylideneacetone.
