Select a categories
- Select a categories
- Alcoholic drinks
- Flavorings
- Frozen Food
- Taste supplements
- Dairy industry
- Meat industry
- Soft beverage industry
- Fishing industry
- Confectionery industry
- Flour confectionery
- Ice cream
- Snacks
- Agriculture
- Instant products
It was first synthesized in 1900 by Oscar Döbner by Knevenagel condensation of malonic acid and crotonic aldehyde in pyridine
Sorbic acid is currently produced in industry by condensation of ketene with crotonic aldehyde in the presence of acid catalysts (e.g. BF3), the resulting 3-hydroxyhexenoic acid lactone is then hydrolyzed and dehydrated to sorbic acid.