The reaction between phosphorus ylides and carbonyl compounds was developed serendipitously by Georg Wittig and co-workers in 1953 (ref. 4), although the basic reaction had actually been ...

An invaluable text for synthetic chemists in the pharmaceutical, agrochemical, plastic and detergent industries, this book provides a detailed, up-to-date account of the reactions of chlorosulfonic ...

How Does Maillard Reaction Work? We are about to get geeky here. This chemical dance between amino acids and reducing sugars ...

Many brightly coloured fruits and berries are rich in complex antioxidant compounds ... additional ketone (carbonyl) groups. The loss of hydrogen indicates an oxidation reaction (increasing ...

Esters, fats and oils Esters are formed in condensation reactions and broken by hydrolysis ... Aldehydes and ketones are compounds with carbonyl groups that play an important role in our foods.