Open Access2,5-Dimethyl-4-hydroxy-3(2H)-furanone (Furaneol®) from Methyl α-D-Glucopyranoside
Author(s) -
François Mazenod,
F. Delay,
Ferdinand Näf
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
chimia
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.387
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 2673-2424
pISSN - 0009-4293
DOI - 10.2533/chimia.1992.403
Subject(s) - chemistry , organic chemistry , stereochemistry
An efficient synthesis of 2,5-dimethyl-4-hydroxy-3(2H)-furanone (Furaneol®), an important strawberry flavour, starting from the readily available and cheap methyl α-D-glucopyranoside is described.