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Cereal Chem 37:638 - 644.  |  VIEW ARTICLE

Identification of Carbonyl Compounds in an Ethanol Extract of Fresh White Bread.

H. Ng, D. J. Reed, and J. W. Pence. Copyright 1960 by the American Association of Cereal Chemists, Inc. 

A number of carbonyl compounds were isolated from an ethanol extract of fresh white bread by the formation of their 2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazone derivatives. Through these derivatives five carbonyl compounds were identified by conventional analytical procedures: acetaldehyde, ethyl pyruvate, furfural, hexanal, and 2-methylbutanal. Three additional carbonyl compounds were identified by means of paper chromatography in three varied systems and by ultraviolet spectrum data; these compounds are acetone, methyl ethyl ketone, and formaldehyde. Isobutyraldehyde and n-valeraldehyde, which were found in baking-bread vapors, appeared to be absent in the ethanol extract of bread.

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