2,3-Dimethyl-5-ethylpyrazine

• Formula: C₈H₁₂N₂
• Molecular weight: 136.1943
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C8H12N2/c1-4-8-5-9-6(2)7(3)10-8/h5H,4H2,1-3H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: CIBKSMZEVHTQLG-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 15707-34-3
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• Other names: 2,3-dimethyl-6-ethylpyrazine; 2-ethyl-5,6-dimethylpyrazine; 5,6-Dimethyl-2-ethylpyrazine; 6-Ethyl-2,3-dimethylpyrazine; Pyrazine, 6-ethyl-2,3-dimethyl; 5-Ethyl-2,3-dimethylpyrazine
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References

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Du, Clery, et al., 2008
Du, Z.; Clery, R.; Hammond, C.J., Volatile organic nitrogen-containing constituents in ambrette seed Abelmoschus moschatus Medik (Malvaceae), J. Agric. Food Chem., 2008, 56, 16, 7388-7392, https://doi.org/10.1021/jf800958d . [all data]

Characterization of Pyrazines in Some Chinese Liquors and Their Approximate Concentrations, 2007
Characterization of Pyrazines in Some Chinese Liquors; Their Approximate Concentrations, W. Fan; Y. Xu; Y. Zhang, J. Agric. Food Chem., 2007, 55, 9956-9962. [all data]

Fan and Qian, 2006
Fan, W.; Qian, M.C., Characterization of Aroma Compounds of Chinese Wuliangye and Jiannanchun Liquors by Aroma Extract Dilution Analysis, J. Agric. Food Chem., 2006, 54, 7, 2695-2704, https://doi.org/10.1021/jf052635t . [all data]

Qian and Reineccius, 2002
Qian, M.; Reineccius, G., Identification of aroma compounds in Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese by gas chromatography/olfactometry, J. Dairy Sci., 2002, 85, 6, 1362-1369, https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.S0022-0302(02)74202-1 . [all data]

Sanz, Ansorena, et al., 2001
Sanz, C.; Ansorena, D.; Bello, J.; Cid, C., Optimizing headspace temperature and time sampling for identification of volatile compounds in ground roasted Arabica coffee, J. Agric. Food Chem., 2001, 49, 3, 1364-1369, https://doi.org/10.1021/jf001100r . [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Tend	Final temperature
  Tstart	Initial temperature

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