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8-heptadecene

Named in 1 VERIFIED claim about 1 Atlas entry: Seaweed.

Where the evidence names it

Seaweed

Reported volatile · the claim says “identified in several species”

A review of edible seaweeds reports volatiles composed mainly of aldehydes, ketones, alcohols, hydrocarbons, esters, acids, sulfur compounds and furans, with benzaldehyde, 2-octenal, octanal, β-ionone and 8-heptadecene identified in several species.

Scope: Edible green, red and brown seaweeds; the review calls for more research on their flavour compounds. CLM-SEAWEED-001 ↗

Identifiers

PubChem
CID 5364555 (8-Heptadecene)
Formula
C17H34
InChIKey
BIQKRILZMDQPHI-BMRADRMJSA-N
Wikidata
Q104936709
ChEBI
Not recorded.

Checked against PubChem and Wikidata on 2026-10-03 (identifier check run 37117518739). Every name SmellBook uses must resolve to the same single PubChem compound.

WHAT THIS MEANS

SmellBook lists a molecule only where a VERIFIED claim names it, in the role and scope that claim states. A molecule reported in a smell's evidence is not the whole smell: most smells come from many compounds together, and the studies measured particular samples, such as one cultivar, an essential oil or a cooked product.

Permanent identifier smellbook:molecule:8-heptadecene · Graph record (JSON)

Cite as SmellBook. (2026). 8-heptadecene (molecule). SmellBook knowledge graph, Strategy Phase 389. smellbook:molecule:8-heptadecene. https://smellbook.com/molecules/8-heptadecene

Dataset history In the SmellBook dataset since Strategy Phase 389.