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Aromatic vs Isosafrole - What's the difference?

aromatic | isosafrole |

As nouns the difference between aromatic and isosafrole

is that aromatic is a fragrant plant or spice added to a dish to flavour it while isosafrole is (organic compound) an aromatic compound, a precursor for mdp2p which is converted into the psychoactive drug mdma or ecstasy, found in small amounts in essential oils but more commonly obtained by isomerizing safrole.

As an adjective aromatic

is fragrant or spicy.

aromatic

English

Alternative forms

* aromatick (obsolete) * aromatique (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Fragrant or spicy.
  • (organic chemistry) Having a closed ring of alternate single and double bonds with delocalized electrons.
  • (organic chemistry) derived from benzene.

    • Usage notes

    * Not to be confused with aromantic.

    Antonyms

    * (organic chemistry) aliphatic

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A fragrant plant or spice added to a dish to flavour it.

    • Anagrams

    *

    isosafrole

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia isosafrole)
  • (organic compound) An aromatic compound, a precursor for MDP2P which is converted into the psychoactive drug MDMA or ecstasy, found in small amounts in essential oils but more commonly obtained by isomerizing safrole.