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DYSON'S1 hypothesis correlating odour specificity with molecular vibration has recently been extended by Wright2 to frequencies below about 700 cm.−1. In this region he claims to have found a statistically significant correlation for sixteen compounds with an almond-like odour, all but one (nitrothiophene) being benzene derivatives.
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HALLAM, H. Odour and Molecular Vibrations. Nature 174, 134 (1954). https://doi.org/10.1038/174134b0
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