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Description |
y-Octalactone has a strong, fruity odor reminiscent of coconut with a very sweet taste. This substance may be prepared synthetically from epoxy-1,2-hexane and sodio-malonic ester; after saponification the oxyacid is extracted with ether and is lactonized. |
Chemical Properties |
γ-Octalactone has a fruity odor reminiscent of coconut and a very sweet taste. |
Occurrence |
Reported found in apricot, peach, blue cheese, butter, cooked chicken and cooked pork, licorice, milk, raspberry, roasted barley, and roasted filbert. |
Uses |
4-Octanolide is one of the fine organic aerosol emitted from meat cooking operations that was examined by high-resolution gas chromatography. |
Aroma threshold values |
Detection: 7 ppb; aroma characteristics at 1.0%: sweet, fatty, creamy, coconut, lactonic and coumarinic. |
Taste threshold values |
Taste characteristics at 1 to 10 ppm: coconut, fatty, creamy, coumarinic, with a strong creamy and waxy mouthfeel. |
Synthesis Reference(s) |
Chemistry Letters, 23, p. 53, 1994The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 52, p. 4319, 1987 DOI: 10.1021/jo00228a032Tetrahedron Letters, 19, p. 419, 1978 DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(01)91443-1 |
General Description |
γ--Octalactone is one of the flavor constituents of peaches, oranges and sweet fortified wines. |
Flammability and Explosibility |
Notclassified |
Safety Profile |
Mildly toxic by ingestion. A skin irritant. When heated to decomposition it emits acrid smoke and irritating fumes. |
Synthesis |
Prepared synthetically from epoxy-1,2-hexane and sodio-malonic ester; after saponification, the oxyacid is extracted with ether and is lactonized. |
InChI:InChI=1/C8H14O2/c1-2-3-4-7-5-6-8(9)10-7/h7H,2-6H2,1H3/t7-/m0/s1
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Octanoic acid
6-propyl-tetrahydro-pyran-2-one
gamma-octalactone
1-Chloroheptane
Conditions | Yield |
---|---|
With
sodium persulfate;
In
water;
at 85 - 90 ℃;
for 5h;
|
30% 23% 12% |
5-Acetoxyoctannitril
6-propyl-tetrahydro-pyran-2-one
gamma-octalactone
Conditions | Yield |
---|---|
With
sulfuric acid;
at 130 ℃;
Yields of byproduct given;
|
63% |
4-oxo-4-thiophen-2-yl-butyric acid
trans-5-octenoic acid
6-hydroxyoctanoic acid
4,7-dioxooctanoic acid
1,4-Dichlor-octan
4-Benzyloxy-octanoic acid methyl ester
2-Diphenylphosphinoyl-6-hydroxydecan-3-one
methyl 4-fluorooctanoate
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