The synthesis of lactones. Part I: Saturated δ??and ϵ??Lactones

G Lardelli, V Lamberti, WT Weller…

Index: Lardelli,G. et al. Recueil des Travaux Chimiques des Pays-Bas, 1967 , vol. 86, p. 481 - 503

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Abstract

1. Introduction Up to about 10 years ago, the literature on lactones dealt mainly with those compounds, often of complex structure, that occur naturally and those aliphatic lactones that have found commercial application in per- fumes and essences. From about 1950 onwards we have carried out a considerable amount of work on the composition of the flavouring components of butter. This work indicated the importance of &lactones in this context *pz. ~. * ...