Table 1 List of all identified odorants in the sample by means of GC-O and their characteristics.

From: Characterization of off-odours and potentially harmful substances in a fancy dress accessory handbag for children

No.	Odorant	Odour quality^a	Ri value^b on		FD-factor^c on		Identified by
No.	Odorant	Odour quality^a	DB-FFAP	DB-5	DB-FFAP	DB-5	Identified by
1	(E)-Non-2-enal	fatty	1521	1156	≥729	81	d
2	(E)-Oct-2-enal	fatty, peanut-like	—	1058	—	27	i
3	(E,E)-Deca-2,4-dienal	fatty, peanut-like	1808	—	≥729	—	i
4	(E,E)-Nona-2,4-dienal	fatty, peanut-like	1686	1212	≥729	≥729	d
5	(E,E)-Nona-2,6-dienal	cucumber-like, green	—	1153	—	81	i
6	(E,E)-Octa-2,4-dienal	cucumber-like	1579	1100	81	81	h
7	(E,Z)-Nona-2,4-dienal	fatty, cucumber-like	1657	1189	243	27	h
8	(Z)-Non-2-enal	green	1493	—	27	—	i
9	1,2-Dimethylnaphthalene	naphthalene-like	2042	1453	≥729	243	d, e
10	1,4-Dimethylnaphthalene	naphthalene-like	—	1457	n.d.	n.d.	g
11	1,5-Dimethylnaphthalene	naphthalene-like	2017	—	n.d.	n.d.	f
12	1,6-Dimethylnaphthalene	naphthalene-like	—	1440	n.d.	n.d.	g
13	1,7-Dimethylnaphthalene	naphthalene-like	1978	—	n.d.	n.d.	f
14	1-Methylnaphthalene	naphthalene-like	1869	1306	≥729	27	e
15	2,3,5-Trimethylnaphthalene	naphthalene-like, leather-like	2155	—	9	—	d
16	2,6-/2,7-Dimethylnaphthalene	anise-like	1948	1420	n.d.	n.d.	f, g
17	2-/3-Methylbutanoic acid	cheesy	—	863	—	9	i
18	2-Methylnaphthalene	naphthalene-like	1831	1294	≥729	243	e
19	3-Ethylphenol	phenolic, leather-like	2173	—	≥729	—	d
20	3-Methylisoquinoline	sweet, portable toilet-like	1975	1325	243	≥729	d
21	Acetophenone	almond-like, solvent-like	1643	1076	81	9	h
22	Benzothiazole	car tire-like	1917	1221	9	81	h
23	Butanoic acid	cheesy	1629	—	27	—	i
24	Dodecanoic acid	fatty, fishy	2470	1573	81	81	h
25	Hex-1-en-3-one	glue-like	—	<800	—	27	i
26	Hexanal	cut grass-like, tomato-like, green	1077	806	81	81	h
27	Naphthalene	mouldy, naphthalene-like	1719	1183	243	≥729	e
28	Nonanal	green, grassy	1381	1111	81	9	h
29	Oct-1-en-3-one	mushroom-like	1288	979	27	27	h
30	Octanal	cucumber-like, green	1276	1000	9	27	h
31	p-Cresol	horse stable-like	2075	1087	243	81	d
32	Phenylacetic acid	honey-like	2550	—	81	—	i
33	Raspberry ketone	sweet, berry-like	2973	1560	≥729	≥729	h
34	Rotundone	pepper-like	2245	1715	≥729	≥729	h
35	Sotolone	spicy	2191	1117	≥729	27	h
36	trans-4,5-Epoxy-(E)-dec-2-enal	sweet, metallic	1942	1381	81	≥729	d
37	Vanillin	vanilla-like	2560	1400	≥729	≥729	d
38	γ-Octalactone	sweet, coconut-like	—	1265	—	81	i

^aOdour quality perceived at the sniffing port during GC-O analysis.
^bRetention index on capillaries DB-FFAP and DB-5 according to²⁴.
^cFD: determined flavour-dilution factor according to²⁵.
^dThe compound was identified by comparison of odour quality, retention index on both capillaries and mass spectrum (MS-EI), obtained by 2D-GC-MS/O analysis, with the properties of the reference compound.
^eThe compound was identified by comparison of odour quality, retention index on capillary DB-FFAP and mass spectrum (MS-EI), obtained by GC-MS/O analysis, with the properties of the reference compound.
^fThe compound was identified by comparison of retention index on capillary DB-FFAP and mass spectrum (MS-EI) only, obtained by GC-MS/O analysis, with the properties of the reference compound.
^gThe compound was identified by comparison of retention index on capillary DB-5 and mass spectrum (MS-EI) only, obtained by GC-MS/O analysis, with the properties of the reference compound.
^hThe compound was identified by comparison of odour quality and retention indices on capillaries DB-FFAP and DB-5.
ⁱProposed structure by comparison of odour quality and retention index on capillaries DB-FFAP or DB-5.
n.d. not determined.

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Table 1 List of all identified odorants in the sample by means of GC-O and their characteristics.

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