Cyanate as an active precursor of ethyl carbamate formation in sugar cane spirit

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 63, Issue 33, 2015, Pages 7415-7420

  Galinaro, Carlos A ^a   Ohe, Thiago H K ^a   Da Silva, Augusto C H ^a   Da Silva, Sebastião C ^b   Franco, Douglas W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MATO GROSSO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cacha a; Cyanate; Distillate; Ethyl carbamate; Sugar cane spirit

Indexed keywords

ETHANOL; RATE CONSTANTS;

CYANATE; DISTILLATE; ETHANOLIC SOLUTION; ETHYL CARBAMATE; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; REACTION MECHANISM; SUGAR-CANE SPIRIT; TEMPERATURE INCREASE;

SUGAR CANE;

ALCOHOL; CYANIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ISOCYANATE; POTASSIUM CYANATE; URETHAN;

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; CHEMISTRY; KINETICS; METABOLISM; PH; SUGARCANE; THERMODYNAMICS;

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; CYANATES; ETHANOL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; SACCHARUM; THERMODYNAMICS; URETHANE;

EID: 84940478369     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: 15205118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.5b03146     Document Type: Article

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