Characterisation of the volatile profile of microalgae and cyanobacteria using solid-phase microextraction followed by gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry was written by Moran, Lara;Bou, Gemma;Aldai, Noelia;Ciardi, Martina;Morillas-Espana, Ainoa;Sanchez-Zurano, Ana;Barron, Luis Javier R.;Lafarga, Tomas. And the article was included in Scientific Reports in 2022.Synthetic Route of C8H16O This article mentions the following:
Microalgae and microalgae-derived ingredients are one of the top trends in the food industry. However, consumers acceptance and purchase intention of a product will be largely affected by odor and flavor. Surprisingly, the scientific literature present a very limited number of studies on the volatile composition of microalgae and cyanobacteria. In order to fill the gap, the main objective of the present study was to elucidate the volatile composition of seven microalgal and cyanobacterial strains from marine and freshwaters, with interest for the food industry while establishing its potential impact in odor. Among the seven selected strains, Arthrospira platensis showed the highest abundance and chem. diversity of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Aldehydes, ketones, and alcs. were the families with the highest diversity of individual compounds, except in Arthrospira platensis and Scenedesmus almeriensis that showed a profile dominated by branched hydrocarbons. Marine strains presented a higher abundance of sulfur compounds than freshwater strains, while the ketones individual profile seemed to be more related to the taxonomical domain. The results of this study indicate that the VOCs composition is mainly driven by the individual strain although some volatile profile characteristics could be influenced by both environmental and taxonomical factors. In the experiment, the researchers used many compounds, for example, Oct-1-en-3-ol (cas: 3391-86-4Synthetic Route of C8H16O).
Oct-1-en-3-ol (cas: 3391-86-4) belongs to alcohols. Similar to water, an alcohol can be pictured as having an sp3 hybridized tetrahedral oxygen atom with nonbonding pairs of electrons occupying two of the four sp3 hybrid orbitals. A multistep synthesis may use Grignard-like reactions to form an alcohol with the desired carbon structure, followed by reactions to convert the hydroxyl group of the alcohol to the desired functionality.Synthetic Route of C8H16O
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