Megastigmatrienone (mixed isomers) is a mixture of isomers of megastigmatrienone, a compound that has the aroma of tobacco.1 Isomers of megastigmatrienone have been found in tobacco and oak barrel-aged wine.1,2
References:
[1]. Fujimori, T., Kasuga, R., Matsushita, H., et al.Neutral volatile components of burley tobaccoAgr. Biol. Chem.40(2)303-315(1976).
[2]. Slaghenaufi, D., Perello, M.-C., Marchand-Marion, S., et al.Quantitative solid phase microextraction--gas chromatography mass spectrometry analysis of five megastigmatrienone isomers in aged wineAnal. Chim. Acta81363-69(2014).
















