Occurrence
Reported found in roasted hazel nuts, wheaten bread and white bread.
Uses
Reactant in the rhodium-catalyzed asymmetric ring opening of oxabicyclic alkenes with organoboronic acids.
Definition
ChEBI: 2-Octen-4-one is an enone.
Taste threshold values
Taste characteristics at 30 ppm: sweet, fruity, pineapple, strawberry with a ripe tropical nuance.
Synthesis Reference(s)
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 107, p. 7179, 1985
DOI: 10.1021/ja00310a073The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 52, p. 1885, 1987
DOI: 10.1021/jo00386a001Synthesis, p. 49, 1988