Rates of formation of cis- and trans-oak lactone from 3-methyl-4- hydroxyoctanoic acid

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 52, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 4213-4218

  Wilkinson, Kerry L ^a,b   Elsey, Gordon M ^a,b   Prager, Rolf H ^a   Pollnitz, Alan P ^b   Sefton, Mark A ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN WINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Kinetics; Lactonization; Oak; Oak lactone; Whiskey lactone; Wine

Indexed keywords

3 METHYL 4 HYDROXYOCTANOIC ACID; LACTONE; OAK LACTONE; OCTANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CIS TRANS ISOMERISM; CONFORMATION; HALF LIFE TIME; ISOMER; KINETICS; LACTONIZATION; NONHUMAN; OAK; PH; RING OPENING; ROOM TEMPERATURE; WINE;

HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ISOMERISM; KINETICS; LACTONES; OCTANOIC ACIDS; QUERCUS; WINE;

QUERCUS;

EID: 3042615316     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf0496550     Document Type: Article

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