%0 Journal Article
%T Identification and dosage by HRGC of minor alcohols and esters in Brazilian sugar-cane spirit
%A Boscolo
%A Maur¨ªcio
%A Bezerra
%A C¨ªcero W. B.
%A Cardoso
%A Daniel R.
%A Lima Neto
%A Benedito S.
%A Franco
%A Douglas W.
%J Journal of the Brazilian Chemical Society
%D 2000
%I Sociedade Brasileira de Qu¨ªmica, SBQ
%R 10.1590/S0103-50532000000100015
%X the presence of 51 volatile compounds, among alcohols and esters in brazilian sugar-cane spirit (cacha£¿a), were investigated by high-resolution gas chromatography (hrgc). the following alcohols and esters were identified and quantified: methanol, 1,4-butanodiol, 2-phenylethyl alcohol, amyl alcohol, cetyl alcohol, cynamic alcohol, n-decanol, geraniol, isoamyl alcohol, isobutanol, menthol, n-butanol, n-dodecanol, n-propanol, n-tetradecanol, amyl propionate, ethyl acetate, ethyl benzoate, ethyl heptanoate, isoamyl valerate, methyl propionate, propyl butyrate. the average higher alcohols content (262 mg/100 ml in anhydrous alcohol a.a.) and total esters content (24 mg/100 ml a.a.) in cacha£¿as, are smaller than in other spirits. the average methanol content in cacha£¿as (6 mg/100 ml a.a.) is the same as in rum, but smaller than in wine spirit. no qualitative differences of chemical profile among cacha£¿as have been observed.
%K sugar-cane spirit
%K cacha£¿a
%K higher alcohols
%K esters.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0103-50532000000100015&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en