Undecanolactone

Description

Undecanolactone has a sweet, fruity, milky, creamy, buttery, estery, waxy, coconut aroma and taste. It is the key ingredient for the special flavor of natural cream and can be used for flavoring soft drinks, candy, margarine, ice cream, cold and baked goods, etc.

Chemical properties

Colorless to light-yellow liquid; peachlike odor. Soluble in 4–5 volumes of 60% alcohol; soluble in benzyl alcohol, benzyl benzoate, and most fixed oils. Combustible.

Chemical properties

Δ-Undecalactone has a creamy, peach-like aroma.

Occurrence

Reported found in coconut flavor, melon, blackberry, blueberry, heated butter, milk, milk powder, cream, coconut meat and starfruit.

The Uses of Undecanolactone

Perfumery, flavoring agent.

The Uses of Undecanolactone

Undecanoic δ-lactone has been used as substrate to investigate the activities of stimulated and nonstimulated human serum paraoxonase (PON1) samples.

What are the applications of Application

Undecanoic δ-lactone is a lactone derivative

Preparation

By intramolecular Cannizzaro-type rearrangement of 2-hexylglutaraldehyde.

Definition

ChEBI: 6-Hexyltetrahydro-2H-pyran-2-one is a delta-lactone.

Aroma threshold values

Detection: 150 ppb

Taste threshold values

Taste characteristics at 10 ppm: creamy, coconut, milky, creamy, lactonic and butter fat with a waxy, fruity nuance.

General Description

Undecanoic δ-lactone has been found to be best substarte for good substrates for lactonase from Sulfolobus islandicus (SisLac).

Biochem/physiol Actions

Taste at 10 ppm