With reference to the impending transition of chemical industry from depleting fossil raw materials to renewable feedstocks--the end of cheap oil is predicted for 2040 at the latest--this account gives an overview on chemically transforming carbohydrates, by far the major part of the annually regrowing biomass, into the following unsaturated O- and N-heterocycles with versatile industrial appli...

The use of log k derived from reversed phase (RP)-HPLC retention times provides a convenient method for estimating log P(oct) values (P(oct): 1-octanol/water partition coefficient). In order to establish optimal HPLC conditions, the difference between chromatographic (C18 modified column and aqueous methanol eluents) and bulk solvent systems was examined by use of a batch-like equilibration wit...

Over 40 new compounds were isolated and identified from a cold-finger molecular distillate obtained from a dichloromethane extract of a lactose-casein browning system, in connection with studies on off-flavor development in dairy products. These compounds consist of 15 C-5 to C-14 furanics, five pyrazines, three pyrroles, three lactones, 2-acetylpyridine, acrolein, cyclopentanone, 2-methyltetra...

After vacuum distillation and liquid-liquid extraction, the volatile fractions of dark chocolates were analyzed by gas chromatography-olfactometry and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Aroma extract dilution analysis revealed the presence of 33 potent odorants in the neutral/basic fraction. Three of these had a strong chocolate flavor: 2-methylpropanal, 2-methylbutanal, and 3-methylbutanal....