2,3-Octanedione

• Formula: C₈H₁₄O₂
• Molecular weight: 142.1956
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C8H14O2/c1-3-4-5-6-8(10)7(2)9/h3-6H2,1-2H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: XCBBNTFYSLADTO-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 585-25-1
• Chemical structure:
  This structure is also available as a 2d Mol file
• Other names: 2,3-Octandione; Octane-2,3-dione; 2,3-Octadione
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Van Den Dool and Kratz RI, non-polar column, temperature ramp

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References

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Engel and Ratel, 2007
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Elmore, Cooper, et al., 2005
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Elmore, Mottram, et al., 2000
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Chevance and Farmer, 1999
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Aaslyng, M.D.; Elmore, J.S.; Mottram, D.S., Comparison of the aroma characteristics of acid-hydrolyzed and enzyme-hydrolyzed vegetable proteins produced from soy, J. Agric. Food Chem., 1998, 46, 12, 5225-5231, https://doi.org/10.1021/jf9806816 . [all data]

Notes

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• Symbols used in this document:
  

  Tend	Final temperature
  Tstart	Initial temperature

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