title: Odor and (bio)diversity: single enantiomers of chiral fragrant substances.
abstract: Our sense of smell is enantioselective. This review reports interesting examples of single stereoisomers of natural and synthetic odorants, prepared via bioorganic routes, that support this statement. This article is the summary of a talk given at the Flavours & Fragrances 2004 conference in Manchester at the MCC/UMIST, 12-14 May, 2004.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Chimica, Materiali ed Ingegneria Chimica del Politecnico, Istituto CNR per la Chimica del Riconoscimento Molecolare, Via Mancinelli 7, I-20131 Milano.
authors.forename: Agnese
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Abate
authors.forename: Elisabetta
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Brenna
authors.forename: Claudio
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fuganti
authors.forename: Francesco G
authors.initials: FG
authors.lastname: Gatti
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Serra
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D044822:Biodiversity; D004739:England; D006801:Humans; D009812:Odorants; D010936:Plant Extracts / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012903:Smell / Q000502:physiology; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D010936:Plant Extracts