A bloodhound, with an acute sense of smell, sits at one end of a long, unventilated corridor. At the other end of the corridor a small amount of an aerosol is released containing the volatile, fragrant compounds: acetaldehyde (C2H4O) jasmine lactone (C10H16O2) acetoin (C4H8O2) hexyl acetate (C8H16O2) 1-octen-3-one (C8H14O)

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A bloodhound, with an acute sense of smell, sits at one end of a long, unventilated corridor.
At the other end of the corridor a small amount of an aerosol is released containing the volatile, fragrant compounds:

  • acetaldehyde (C2H4O)
  • jasmine lactone (C10H16O2)
  • acetoin (C4H8O2)
  • hexyl acetate (C8H16O2)
  • 1-octen-3-one (C8H14O)


Rank the compounds in the chronological order they are detected by the hound.

       1-octen-3-one
       acetoin
       jasmine lactone
       hexyl acetate
       acetaldehyde

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