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Frontispiece: A Chemical History of Polycyclic Musks
Author(s) -
David Olivier R. P.
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.202083462
Subject(s) - adventure , competition (biology) , chemistry , reactivity (psychology) , environmental chemistry , art , art history , ecology , biology , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology
Polycyclic aromatic musks, the whole family is there : Phantolid , Versalide , Tonalid , Celestolide , Galaxolide , Traseolide and Vulcanolide , with two important organic chemists, specialists in the field, Marion Scott Carpenter and Muus Gerrit Jan Beets. In the review article on page 7537 ff., O. R. P. David presents the scientific and industrial adventures during the discovery of the seven commercial polycyclic musks, which invigorated the aroma chemistry corporations during the second half of the 20th century, resulting in relentless competition. Research and development strategies are exposed, and reactivity, analytical, mechanistic, and structure–activity relationship aspects are discussed, as well as some biographical elements of the main scientific actors, and some fine perfumery examples are given as illustrations of their use.