TY - JOUR T1 - Identification of 1,1'-Diethoxypropan-2-One in Spirits Aged in Wood JF - American Journal of Enology and Viticulture JO - Am J Enol Vitic. SP - 286 LP - 288 DO - 10.5344/ajev.1978.29.4.286 VL - 29 IS - 4 AU - P. De Smedt AU - P. A. P. Liddle Y1 - 1978/01/01 UR - http://www.ajevonline.org/content/29/4/286.abstract N2 - Routine analysis of large number of different spirits, by gas-liquid chromatography of their carbon disulfide extracts, has shown that those aged in wood contain, in addition to compounds already identified as derived from the aging process, significant amounts of 1,1'-diethoxypropan-2-one. The latter compound was identified by comparison of its mass spectrum and GC retention time with those of an authentic sample, and was present in higher concentrations than the oak lactones (cis and trans β-methyl-γ-octalactone) in Cognac. ER -