Novotný O., Cejpek K., Velíšek J. (2008): Formation of carboxylic acids during degradation of monosaccharides. Czech J. Food Sci., 26: 117–131. The formation of low molecular carboxylic and hydroxycarboxylic acids as well as sugar and deoxysugar acids from monosaccharides (d-glucose, d-fructose, d-arabinose, dl-glyceraldehyde, and 1,3-dihydroxyacetone) was studied in three different model syste...

Host odours play a major role in the orientation and host location of blood-feeding mosquitoes. Anopheles gambiae Giles sensu stricto, which is the most important malaria vector in Africa, is a highly anthropophilic mosquito species, and the host-seeking behaviour of the females of this mosquito is guided by volatiles of human origin. Ammonia, lactic acid and several carboxylic acids are known ...

[formula: see text] A mild and reliable one-pot protocol for the elaboration of sterically demanding carboxylic acids into alpha-diazoketones via acyl mesylates has been developed. Aside from delineating the reaction parameters which render this strategy quite general for hindered carboxylic acids, we have directly proven the existence of the fleeting acyl mesylate group as the reactive species...

A series of metal-catalyzed processes are presented, in which carboxylic acids act as sources of either carbon nucleophiles or electrophiles, depending on the catalyst employed, the mode of activation, and the reaction conditions. A first reaction mode is the addition of carboxylic acids or amides over C–C multiple bonds, giving rise to enol esters or enamides, respectively. The challenge here ...

Recent works have established bio-based carboxylic acids as adaptable precursors to renewable biofuels and chemicals.

The extraction and determination of aliphatic and aromatic carboxylic acids as well as their influence on the aromaticity and molecularity relationship of natural organic matter (NOM) in water are reported in this study. Three solid phase extraction (SPE) sorbents were used and their extraction efficiencies evaluated after chromatographic determinations (using gas chromatography with a time of ...