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Onion smell - what is the chemical

jacknife360
in Chemistry

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To make gas smell of something they used to contaminate it with onion skins. But now they use a chemical - what is that chemical? Thanks for any help

mercaptobutanone and dimethyl sulphide among others. not easy to make those two

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