Efficient Odorant Synthesis
2-Nonen-4-olide occurs naturally in the volatile components of various foods and plant extracts, such as stewed beef/vegetable gravy, sunflower oil, Chinese white salted noodles watermelon, potato crisps, lard cured with spices and aromatic herbs, mushrooms, French fries, and flue-cured tobacco. It has an oily, coconut-like, and rancid odour. A simple, efficient and low cost synthesis of this odorant is reported in the August issue of Journal of Chemical Research.
