I. Zabetakis, P. Moutevelis‐Minakakis, J. W. Gramshaw
Feb 16, 1999
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Food Chemistry
Abstract
2-Hydroxypropanal was synthesized utilising a new approach via the Curtius rearrangement, which has the great advantage that the only co-product is ammonium chloride. 2-Hydroxypropanal was, without isolation, fed in situ to strawberry callus cultures in order to study the biosynthesis of 2,5-dimethyl-4-hydroxy-2H-furan-3-one. The high levels of the furanone obtained suggest that 2-hydroxy-propanal is a key precursor of 2,5-dimethyl-4-hydroxy-2H-furan-3-one in strawberry.