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Hexanal

CAS
EC
Material type
synthetic aroma chemical
Canonical source
arctander
Formulation

Usage guidance

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Cost
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Compatibility tags
green-floralfruityaquaticcolognemuguet
How it behaves

Olfactory profile

Family
green
Note tendency
Top
Descriptors
greenoilygrassy

Sharp, pungent green-fatty aldehyde with a strong cut-grass and unripe apple character. Powerful and diffusive in isolation, quickly softening to a leafy, slightly tallowy freshness reminiscent of crushed foliage.AI · claude-opus-4-7

Intensity
8 / 10
Tenacity
2 / 10
Volatility
9 / 10
Reverse-composition

Contained in

Other ingredients whose composition declares this material as a constituent. The percentage shown is the supplier-declared concentration in that parent.

Ingredient%Range
Ginger Oil (Root)0.1–1%
chemicals · No. 1593

Arctander monograph

Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 658.

TOPtenacity · moderatepower · weakG.R.A.S.FEMA 2557
grassygreenoily
MW
100.16
BP
128°C
MP
Sp.Gr.
0.83
Refractive n
1.426
Rotation
Appearance

Colorless liquid.

Solubility

Insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.

Odor

Oily-green, rather mild, grassy odor of fair tenacity.

Flavor

Used in flavor compositions for imitation Butter, Cheese, Honey, Rum, Arak, etc. and in many fruit complexes.

Uses in perfumery

Suggested for use in perfumes as a modification of the aldehyde, when the latter seems too pungent for the intended purpose.

Uses in flavor

Commonly used in flavor compositions for imitation Butter, Cheese, Honey, Rum, Arak, etc.

Production

Produced by catalytic oxidation of m-Hexanol (a petrochemical).

Identity
Aliases · 4
HexanalCaproic aldehyde diethylacetalDiethylacetalHexaldehyde diethylacetal
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