Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

le cis-B-méthyl-y-octalactone

English translation:

cis b-methyl-g-octolactone

Added to glossary by Yolanda Broad
Oct 16, 2003 15:56
20 yrs ago
French term

le cis-B-méthyl-y-octalactone

French to English Science Wine / Oenology / Viticulture wine industry
Extraction of volatile compounds from American and French oak (wine barrels)
Proposed translations (English)
4 cis b-methyl-g-octolactone

Proposed translations

10 mins
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cis b-methyl-g-octolactone

like with the other one, it is a "g" and not a "y"

... The following compounds were identified in the solutions: trans and cis b-methyl-g-octolactone,
phenolic aldehydes, volatile phenols, terpenes, norisoprenoids ...
www.asev.org/Events/AnnualMeeting/ 2001Abstracts/Abstract_48.pdf
Peer comment(s):

neutral David Sirett : It is not a g, it is the Greek letter gamma, and the b should be a beta.
12 mins
neutral Richard Benham : I think it's a gamma. Neither "y" nor "g" makes much sense.
12 mins
neutral Lars Finsen : yes, beta and gamma, and octA, not octo.
34 mins
pour tous les neutral: le demandeur a recompensé celui qui l'a le + aidé (il n'aurait pas trouvé avec le "y")
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