Fermentative Formation of Diacetyl

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Mar 1946 English Publisher:Springer Science and Business Media LLCJournal:Nature, volume 157, pages 336-337 (issn: 0028-0836, eissn: 1476-4687,

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Authors: H, SUOMALAINEN; L, JANNES;

doi: 10.1038/157336b0

pmid: 21066115

Fermentative Formation of Diacetyl

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ACCORDING to Martius recent hypothesis1, dehydrogenation would always constitute the primary phase of pyruvic acid breakdown in the animal organism. Dehydrogenation is followed by decarboxylation, with the formation of the ketene-like radical which may act as hydrogen acceptor, being reduced to acetaldehyde. This radical could also react with the acetaldehyde present, to form diacetyl, which again could act as hydrogen acceptor, and be reduced to acetylmethylcarbinol:

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Diacetyl

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