Vodka tastes different from brandy, and connoisseurs can distinguish among different brands of whiskeys. The flavors of spirits result from a complex bouquet of volatile compounds. New colorimetric ...

ALDEHYDES and ketones decompose in the gas phase in two main ways 1. Type I, predominant with short chain compounds, may be represented RCOR' → CO + (RR + RR' + R'R'). Type II, predominant with ...

Although the α-alkylation of ketones has already been established, the analogous reaction using aldehyde substrates has proven surprisingly elusive. Despite the structural similarities between the two ...