Chemical Constitutions of Natural Musk and Research Progress of Synthetic Musk

Abstract

Natural musk, which is released by adult male musk deer, has vital use in medicine, cosmetics, detergents, and other fields. This paper has mentioned that as a result of its predominant composition of macrocyclic ketones, pyridine, alcohols, fatty acids, polypeptides (PEP-tides), proteins, and other desired but uncommon substances, synthetic musk was created. The synthetic musk has been divided into four groups based on its chemical composition: nitrogen-containing musks (NMs), polycyclic musks (PMs), macrocyclic musks (MMs), and alicyclic musk or linear musk (AMs). The history of the creation of compounds with musk odor, the development of four different types of synthetic musk, and the negative impact of NMs, MMs, and PMs had all been mentioned in this article. Also, the creation and use of these different musks have all been discussed in this work. Synthetic musk still struggles with the cost of production and is unable to synthesize all of the components from genuine musk. Thus, there is still a lot of potential for the development of synthetic musk.