Bibliography

Ethyl acetate

• The Merck Index, S.Budavari ed., Merck and Co Ltd, 12th edition 1996, Compound 3803 (p.641)
• Dictionary of Organic Compounds, J.Buckingham and F.M.McDonald eds., Chapman and Hall, London, 6th edition, 1996, Compound E-0-00426.
• http://www.speclab.com/compound/c141786.htm
• http://www.newhope.com/nfm-online/nfm_backs/Nov_01/caffeine.cfm

Mechanism of esterification

• P.Sykes, A Guidebook to Mechanism in Organic Chemistry, Longmans, 6th edition, 1986, p.240
• http://www.chem.uni.edu/~macmilla/mcmurry/mcmurry_chapter_21/sld017.htm
• http://www.chemguide.co.uk/physical/catalysis/esterify.html
• http://www.usm.maine.edu/~newton/Chy251_253/Lectures/Esterification/Esterification.html

Spectra

• NMR
• http://www.chem.bham.ac.uk/schools/compounds/ethyl-acetate-1h.htm
• http://www.wfu.edu/~ylwong/chem/nmr/h1/integration.html
• http://www.rod.beavon.clara.net/ethaceta.htm
• http://www.muhlenberg.edu/depts/chemistry/chem201woh/1Hethylacetate.html

• IR
• http://www.chem.bham.ac.uk/schools/compounds/ethyl-acetate-ir.htm
• http://www.rod.beavon.clara.net/ethaceta.htm
• http://www.le.ac.uk/chemistry/schools/TeachersHO.pdf

• MS
• http://www.chem.bham.ac.uk/schools/compounds/ethyl-acetate-ms.htm
• http://www.rod.beavon.clara.net/ethaceta.htm

Fruit smells

These are complex mixtures. For a few of the very many publications in this area, see:-

• A. Bettner and P. Schieberle, J. Agric. Food. Chem., 2001, 49, 2387

• P. Schieberle and T. Hofmann, J. Agric. Food. Chem., 1997, 45, 227.
• A. Latrasse, Fruits III, in Volatile Compounds in Foods and Beverages, H.Maarse ed., Dekkeer, New York, 1991, pp 329-387 (review)
• N. ischer and F.J. Hammerschmidt, Chem. Mikrobiol., Technol. Lebensm., 1992, 14, 141. (Chem.Abs., 1997, 119, 71082')
• A.F. Pisarnitskii, R.K. Gvelesiani, V.A. Polyakov and A.V. Oreschenko, Piscvh. Prom-st., 1991, 69 (Chem. Abs., 1997, 116, 57744)

• M. Larsen, L. Poll, O. Callesen and M. Lewis, Acta Agric. Scand., 1991, 41, 447 (Chem. Abs., 1997, 117, 6558)
• E. Guichahrd, Sci. Aliments, 1982, 2, 173 (Chem. Abs., 198, 97, 161287)

• C. Derail, T. Hofmann and P. Schieberle, J. Agric. Food. Chem., 1999, 47, 4742
• N. Fischer, Aroma Allgemein., 1995, 132

Bee alarm pheromone

• J.B. Free, Pheromones of Social Bees, Chapman and Hall, London, 1987, pp 135-147.
• W.C. Agosta, Chemical Communication, Scientific American Library, 1992, pp 91-92
• S.A. Cotton, Education in Chemistry, 1997, 34, 39
• http://www.chemsoc.org/exemplarchem/entries/2001/loveridge/index-page5.html
• http://www.mainebee.com/articles/nov.php

Unsaturated acids

• R.A. Gubitosi-Klug and R.W. Gross, J. Biol. Chem., 1996, 271, 32519
• http://www.semiochemica.org.uk/articles/elepbut1.html#start
• L.E.I. Rasmussen, T.D. Lee, W.L. Roelofs, A.J. Zhang, and G.D. Davies,. Nature, 1996, 379, 684.

Wine lactone

• H. Guth, Helv. Chim. Acta 1996, 79, 1559 (configuration and synthesis)
• E.J. Bergner and G. Helmchen, Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2000, 419 (synthesis)
• H. Guth, J. Agric. Food Chem., 1997, 45, 3027 (odour impact)
• A. Buettner and P. Schiberle, J. Agric. Food Chem., 2001, 49, 2387 (in oranges)
• T. Jagella and W. Grosch, Eur. Food Res. Technol., 1999, 209, 16 (in peppers)

Gamma-butyrolactone (GBL)

• J. Schwarcz, The Genie in the Bottle, ECW Press, W H Freeman & Co, 2001, pp 53-57
• http://www.projectghb.org/whatisgbl.htm

Kavalactone

• V. Lebot, M. Merlin and L. Lindstrom, Kava, the Pacific Drug, Yale University {Press, New Haven, 1992.
• D.M. Perrine, The Chemistry of Mind-Altering Drugs, American Chemical Society, Washington DC, 1996, pp 155-157.
• http://www.kavakava.org.uk/whatisit.htm
• http://www.institute-shot.com/kava.htm
• http://www.alternativedr.com/conditions/ConsHerbs/KavaKavach.html

Nepetalactone

• D.M. Perrine, The Chemistry of Mind-Altering Drugs, American Chemical Society, Washington DC, 1996, pp 375-376
• G.R. Waller, G.H. Price, and E.D. Mitchell, Science, 1969, 164, 1281
• D.R. Kelly, Chemistry & Biology, August 1996, 3, 595 (see http://www.semiochemica.org.uk/articles/elepbut3.html)
• G.W. Dawson, N.F. Janes, A. Mudd, J.A. Pickett, A.M.Z. Slawin, L.J. Wadhams, and D.J. Williams, Pure Appl. Chem, 1989, 61, 555-558.
• G.W. Dawson, D.C. Griffiths, N.F. Janes, A. Mudd, J.A. Pickett, L.J. Wadhams, and C.M. Woodcock, Nature, 1987, 325, 614
• J. Hardie, J.H. Vissner and P.G.M. Piron, Physiol. Entomol., 1994, 19, 278

Cool lactone

• H. Ottinger, T. Soldo and T. Hoffmann, J. Agric. Food Chem., 2001, 49, 5383

Coumarin

• http://www.looneyware.com/press/plant_phenomena/new_mown_hay.php
• http://www.ansci.cornell.edu/plants/toxicagents/coumarin.html
• http://www.forages.css.orst.edu/Topics/Pastures/Species/Legumes/Animal_issues/Coumarin.html