The entrance of Museum of Contemporary Art, downtown San Diego. Museum of Contemporary Art, downtown San Diego. Founded in 1941 in La Jolla as The Art Center in La Jolla, a community art center, through the 1950s and 1960s the organization operated as the La Jolla Art Museum.
Sorbic acid, or 2,4-hexadienoic acid, is a natural organic compound used as a food preservative. It has the chemical formula C 6 H 8 O 2. It is a colourless solid that is slightly soluble in water and sublimes readily.
Overview. Potassium sorbate is a potassium salt version of sorbic acid, a naturally occurring polyunsaturated fat. It was initially derived from the mountain ash tree, when the French discovered it in the 1850s. Today, it is created synthetically and largely employed as a food preservative.