A companion to Understanding Fragrance Chemistry by Charles Sell, PhD, this helpful workbook and study guide was made available to guide the reader chapter by chapter through the textbook to ensure proper comprehension of all subject matter.
Solidify your knowledge with practice exams in several formats:
- Multiple choice
- Matching
- Fill in the blanks
- True or False
Includes an appendix with all the answers so you can check your work.
Charles Sell, PhD earned a Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry with honors from The Queen's University of Belfast in 1970. The following year, he was awarded a master's degree in organic chemistry from the same for research into the anticancer drug podophyllotoxin. In 1974, he received a doctorate from the Australian National University in Canberra, for research with the late Professor Arthur Birch (of Birch Reduction fame) into the synthesis of two Australian diterpenes, one of which is a food trail pheromone for an indigenous species of termite.
Through a European Fellowship of The Royal Society, Sell spent a year with Professor Albert Eschenmoser at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zürich, Switzerland, working on the synthesis of the antibiotic rifamycin, followed by a year at the University of Warwick with Professor Bernard Golding, developing an understanding of the mechanism of action of vitamin B12.
In 1976, Sell joined Proprietary Perfumes Ltd. (later to become PPF, then Quest International, and now Givaudan). There, his work covered all aspects of synthetic organic chemistry as applied to the fragrance industry, from discovery of novel materials through process R&D, to improvement of established chemical manufacturing processes.
Additionally, in 1983–1984, Sell served as a visiting scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology during which time he worked on the development of novel synthetic methodology with the late Professor George Büchi.
Sell has published a large number of original research papers, patents and reviews, and is editor and co-author of The Chemistry of Fragrance, the second edition of which has just been published by the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC). A second book, A Fragrant Introduction to Terpenoid Chemistry, was published in October 2003 by the RSC. Recent publications also include a review for Angewandte Chemie on the unpredictability of odor, a chapter on terpenoids for the new edition of the Kirk-Othmer Encyclopaedia of Chemical Technology, and a chapter of olfaction for the Wiley Encyclopedia of Chemical Biology. A paper titled, "Odorantreceptor interactions and odour percept; a chemical perspective," is forthcoming in Chemistry and Biodiversity.
"The Understanding Fragrance Chemistry Workbook and Study Guide is a helpful accompaniment to the textbook, because it allows the reader/student to test herself on the textbook content. The workbook covers the topics with a brief summary of each chapter in the book, and provides true/false questions, fill-in-the-blank questions, matching statements with terms and multiple choice. Answers are provided in the back of the book. I find that picking up this workbook helps jog my memory even when I'm not looking for a specific quiz. It's a handy go-to guide that I have found jumpstarts creative ideas, which is an unexpected, but welcome, bonus."
—Anya McCoy, Perfumer at Anya's Garden Perfumes, President, Natural Perfumers Guild
