International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.

Manfred H Vock

Joaquin F Vinals

Frederick L Schmitt

Braja D Mookherjee

Mark A Sprecker

Jacob Kiwala

Edward J Shuster

John B Hall

James M Sanders

Alan O Pittet

William L Schreiber

Edward J Granda

Kenneth K Light

Ranya Muralidhara

Richard A Wilson

Robert W Trenkle

Domenick Luccarelli, Jr

Cynthia J Mussinan

William J Evers

Ching Y Tseng

Kevin P Miller

Marie R Hanna

Venkatesh Kamath

Denis E Hruza, Sr

Wilhelmus J Wiegers

Donald A Withycombe

Philip T Klemarczyk

Howard H Heinsohn, Jr

Hugh Watkins

Christopher Giacino

Denis E Hruza

Robin L Kasper

David R Bowen

Bette M Light

Gilbert Stork

Bette M Spencer

Anne S Hruza

Augustinus G Van Loveren

Erich Manfred Klaiber

Chi-Kuen Shu

Richard M Boden

Ira Katz

Robert P Belko

Michael J Zampino

Richard J Tokarzewski

Charles Wiener

Theodore J Tyszkiewicz

Thomas F Courtney, Jr

Alfred E Goossens

Ronald Schreck

Mohamad I Farbood

Myrna L Hagedorn

James A Morris

James N Siano

Arthur L Liberman

Ronald P Schreck

Robert M Novak

Lynda J Bienkowski

Louis S Frederick

Timothy MacDonald

Igor A Pelse

Takao Yoshida

Futoshi Fujioka

Bernard J Chant

Patrick Whelan

Braja Dulal Mookherjee

Michael Licciardello

John V Pascale

Gerard Joseph Mosciano

Patrick Whalen

Joseph A McGhie

Carlos Benaim

Arthur L Lieberman

Robert L Chappell

Gerrit W Verhoeve

Howard H Heinsohn Jr

Erigh Manfred Klaiber

Edward J Schuster

Joacquin Vinals

Described is a process for the preparation of compositions of matter containing unsaturated lactones defined according to the generic structure: ##STR1## wherein R represents C.sub.6 alkyl or alkenyl; and X represents C.sub.2, C.sub.4 or C.sub.6 alkylene or alkenylene; with the provisos that R is C.sub.6 alkyl when X is alkenylene and R is C.sub.6 alkenyl when X is alkylene by means of the sequential steps of (i) fermentation of castor oil or ricinoleic acid using a microorganism selected from the group consisting of:

Process for preparing compositions containing unsaturated lactones,

Flavoring with mixtures of lactones

Described are the esters of alkylthioalkanoic acids defined according to the structure: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents C.sub.3 -C.sub.6 alkenyl or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl; R.sub.2 represents C.sub.3 alkyl; C.sub.3 hydroxyalkyl or C.sub.3 alkenyl; N represents 0, 1 or 2 amd M represents 0 or 1 and uses thereof in augmenting or enhancing the aroma or taste of foodstuffs.

Esters of alkylthioalkanoic acids and uses thereof in augmenting or

Described are thioalkanoic acid esters of phenylalkanols defined according to the structure: ##STR1## wherein M represents an integer selected from the group consisting of 1, 2 or 3; N is 0, 1 or 2; R.sub.1 represents methyl or hydrogen and R.sub.2 represents methyl or hydrogen.

Thioalkanoic acid esters of phenylalkanols

Described are gem dithioethers of phenylalkanes defined according to the structure: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4, R.sub.5 and R.sub.6 are each the same or different and each represents hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 lower alkyl; X represents 1,1-ethylidene, 1,1-propylidene or 2,2-propylidene and N represents 0 or 1 with the provisos

Flavoring with gem dithioethers of phenylalkanes

Described are methylthioionene derivatives defined according to the structure: ##STR1## wherein n is 0 or 1; wherein the dashed lines each represent a carbon-carbon single bond or a carbon-carbon double bond with the proviso that when the dashed line at the 3'-4' position is a double bond, n represents 0 and uses thereof in augmenting or enhancing the aroma or taste of foodstuffs.

Methylthioionene derivatives and use thereof in augmenting or enhancing

Described are methylthioalkanoic acid esters of cis-3-hexenol and citronellol defined according to the structure: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.2 represents cis-3-hexenyl or citronellyl and uses thereof in augmenting or enhancing the aroma or taste of foodstuffs.

Methylthioalkanoic acid esters of citronellol

Described is the genus of mercapto-C.sub.2 -C.sub.3 -alkanoic acid esters of citronellol, geraniol, homologues thereof and partially saturated derivatives thereof defined according to the structure: ##STR1## wherein N represents 0 or 1; M represents 0, 1 or 2; P represents 0 or 1; and the dashed line represents a carbon-carbon single bond or a carbon-carbon double bond with the proviso that when N is 0 then the dashed line represents a carbon-carbon single bond and uses thereof in augmenting or enhancing the aroma or taste of foodstuffs.

Mercapto-C.sub.2 -C.sub.3 -alkanoic esters of citronellol, geraniol,

Flavoring with methylthioalkanoic acid esters of cis-3-hexenol and

Described are methylthioalkanoic acid esters of cis-3-hexenol and citronellol defined according to the structure: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.2 represents cis-3-hexenyl or cutronellyl and uses thereof in augmenting or enhancing the aroma or taste of foodstuffs.

Methylthioalkanoic acid ester of cis-3-hexenol

Described are dialkylthioalkenes, dialkylthioalkylcycloalkenes and monoalkylthioalkenylcycloalkenes defined according to the generic structure: ##STR1## as well as the genus defined according to the structure: ##STR2## wherein R represents C.sub.6 -C.sub.11 alkenyl or cycloalkenylalkyl; and wherein R.sub.2 represents C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alkyl and R.sub.3 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alkyl and organoleptic uses thereof in augmenting or enhancing the aroma or taste of foodstuffs, chewing gums, toothpastes or medicinal products.

Dialkylthioalkenes, dialkylthioalkylcycloalkenes and

Flavoring with methylthioalkanoic acid esters of citronellol

Described are the cycloalkyl esters of mercaptoalkanoic acids defined according to the structure: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents hydrogen or methyl; R.sub.2 represents mono C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl substituted or unsubstituted C.sub.5 -C.sub.8 cycloalkyl; R.sub.3 represents hydrogen or methyl; and N represents 0, 1 or 2 and uses thereof in augmenting or enhancing the aroma or taste of foodstuffs.

Cycloalkyl esters of mercaptoalkanoic acids

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