PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - William G. Galetto
AU  - A. Dinsmoor Webb
AU  - Richard E. Kepner
TI  - Identification of Some Acetals in an Extract of Submerged-Culture Flor Sherry
AID  - 10.5344/ajev.1966.17.1.11
DP  - 1966 Jan 01
TA  - American Journal of Enology and Viticulture
PG  - 11--19
VI  - 17
IP  - 1
4099  - http://www.ajevonline.org/content/17/1/11.short
4100  - http://www.ajevonline.org/content/17/1/11.full
SO  - Am J Enol Vitic.1966 Jan 01; 17
AB  - The essence extracted from ten gallons of submerged-culture flor sherry by means of methylene chloride was found to contain the following acetaldehyde acetals: ethylact.-amyl, ethylisoamyl, diact.-amyl, act.-amylisoamyl, diisoamyl, ethylphenethyl, act.-amylphenethyl, and isoamylphenethyl. Infrared spectra for these eight acetals are presented. The aromas of these acetals are intense and characteristic, suggesting that (if they be present in the wine) the simple acetal-to-aldehyde ratio as a criterion of sherry quality may need modification to reflect variations in acetal and carbonyl species as well as concentrations.