Maltol

• Formula: C₆H₆O₃
• Molecular weight: 126.1100
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C6H6O3/c1-4-6(8)5(7)2-3-9-4/h2-3,8H,1H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: XPCTZQVDEJYUGT-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 118-71-8
• Chemical structure:
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• Other names: 4H-Pyran-4-one, 3-hydroxy-2-methyl-; Larixic acid; Larixinic acid; Palatone; 3-Hydroxy-2-methyl-4-pyrone; 3-Hydroxy-2-methylpyrone; 3-Hydroxy-2-methyl-4-pyranone; 3-Hydroxy-2-methyl-1,4-pyrone; Corps praline; Talmon; Vetol; 2-Methyl pyromeconic acid; 2-Methyl-3-hydroxy-4-pyrone; 3-Hydroxy-2-methyl-γ-pyrone; 3-Hydroxy-2-methyl-4H-pyran-4-one; 2-Methyl-3-oxy-γ-pyrone; Veltol; 2-Methyl-3-hydroxy-4-pyranone; 3-hydroxy-2-methylpyran-4-one; 5-Hydroxy-6-methyl-4H-pyran-4-one; NSC 2829; 5-Hydroxy-6-methyl-4H-pyran-4-one (maltol); 3-hydroxy-2-methyl-4-pyrone (maltol); 2-methyl-3-hydroxy-4-pyranone (maltol); 2-hydroxy-3-methyl-4H-pyran-4-one (maltol); 3-Hydroxy-2-methyl-4H-pyranone; 3-Hydroxy-2-methyl-4H-pyran-4-one (maltol); 3-Hydroxy-2-methyl-4(4H)-pyranone; 3-Hydroxy-2-pyran-4-one (maltol)
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References

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Data compilation copyright by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce on behalf of the U.S.A. All rights reserved.

Jerkovic and Marijanovic, 2010
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Harrison and Priest, 2009
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Ong, Acree, et al., 1998
Ong, P.K.C.; Acree, T.E.; Lavin, E.H., Characterization of volatiles in rambutan fruit (Nephelium lappaceum L.), J. Agric. Food Chem., 1998, 46, 2, 611-615, https://doi.org/10.1021/jf970665t . [all data]

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Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Tend	Final temperature
  Tstart	Initial temperature

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