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>>11779254
That is interesting how an alcohol and carboxylic acid can individually smell different, yet when bonded to create an ester can make a completely new scent. I would imagine shikimic acid smells better than nasty propanioc acid. It has a double bond in the cyclic structure, but is not aromatic. Would the 3 (OH) groups overpower the ester smell on the molecule? I am curious how a isoaliphatic hydrocarbon estered to a cyclic hydrocarbon with a double bond near the carboxyl group and 3 (OH) groups would smell like.

>>11268301

I could be wrong but here is my guess:

Initiation of lipid peroxidation results from production of ClCO• and Cl• radicals when phosgene reacts with unsaturated lipids in the lungs, despite its somewhat hydrophobic nature. This creates horrific products like HCL and formaldehyde which oxidizes easily in the lungs to formic acid then finally decomposes to CO and H2O.