Structure–Activity Relationships in the Domain of Odorants Having Marine Notes

Continuing our investigations into marine note odorants, we herein describe several new scaffolds. Among them, 2,3-dihydrobenzofuran-2-carbaldehyde is particularly interesting. The results demonstrate that the seven-membered ring with a ketone functional group of the Calone 1951® family can be replaced by a five-membered ring carrying an aldehyde function. In addition, this work has allowed us to discover the valuable 2-methoxy-4-methylphenyl methyl carbonate (20b), which is very close to vanillin, and 2-methoxy-2,4-dimethyl-1,3-benzodioxole (29d), which belongs to the isoeugenol/dihydroeugenol olfactive family.