methylbenzodioxepinone

English

Noun

methylbenzodioxepinone (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry) An odorant used to give the olfactory impression of a seashore.
   • 2009 March 3, Jens Mortensen, “Eau de Mies”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Just as steel, the new high-tech metal, allowed the rise of the skyscraper, Pfizer’s 1966 discovery of the methylbenzodioxepinone molecule, trade-named Calone, with its fresh marine/ozonic scent, allowed the creation of the oceanic scents of the ’90s.