A powerful fatty aldehyde with a bright citrus-peel character reminiscent of mandarin and tangerine rind. Waxy and slightly soapy on the drydown, with a green, oily nuance that gives it a natural juicy quality. Extremely diffusive and sharp at full strength — needs heavy dilution.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 453.
Colorless oily liquid.
Insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.
Powerful citrusy odor, unpleasant gassy, choking at high concentration, but interestingly natural, Orange-Mandarin-like in extreme dilution.
Taste is Mandarin-like at concentrations below 2 ppm.
Could find some use in perfumery, but it takes quite some experience and skill to fully utilize the character of this aldehyde without having its unpleasant notes dominating the composition.
Finds use in flavor compositions, mainly in Orange and Mandarin imitation flavors. The concentration is always mere traces.
Produced by condensation of Acetaldehyde with Decanal. Also from alpha-Bromolauric acid via its Ethylester and alcohol.