Tropolone

Tropolone is a natural component, an aroma discovered in 1942 by Harold Raistrick and collaborators working in London on a fungus, Talaromyces stipitatus (Penicillium stipitatum). The name Tropolone was first given by Dewar MJ (1). The name describes the structure of the molecule: Tropolone - This molecule is an oxidation derivative of tropolone,...