Aldehyde C10 *

Name: Aldehyde C10 *
SKU: RINALD415
Price: 12.12 GBP
Availability: InStock

Dodecanal, Lauric aldehyde, Aldehyde C-12, C12 aldehyde

Product Code RINALD415

CAS Number 112-31-2

INCI Name	Octanal
Volatility	Top
Fragrance Notes	Aldehydic, Citrus
Uses	Citrus accords, fresh top notes, aldehydic lift
Physical State	Oily, mobile liquid
Colour	Colourless
Natural/Synthetic	Synthetic
Vegan Friendly	Yes

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Odour Profile

Fatty, waxy, citrus-peel, aldehydic, soapy, slightly green

Description/Scent?

Powerful, fresh, bright aliphatic aldehydic odor with a strong waxy-citrus peel character, green fatty nuances, and a distinctly oily, citrusy, soapy lift. It has a penetrating sharp top note reminiscent of orange peel, decanal-like wax, and clean laundry, with subtle coriander-like and metallic facets. In dilution, it becomes more elegant and sparkling, imparting diffusion, radiance, and a crisp aldehydic sheen to floral, citrus, and chypre accords. At higher concentration it can smell harsh, fatty, and slightly rancid-waxy, but when well dosed it adds vivid naturalistic freshness and a classic aldehydic signature.

Aldehyde C8 is octanal, an eight-carbon aliphatic aldehyde with formula C8H16O; it occurs naturally in trace amounts in citrus oils, fat-derived volatiles, and some fermented foods; it is readily oxidized to octanoic acid and reduced to 1-octanol, making it a versatile intermediate in organic synthesis; it can be produced industrially by hydroformylation of heptenes followed by separation, or by controlled oxidation of 1-octanol; like many low-molecular-weight aldehydes, it is highly reactive toward nucleophiles and can form acetals, imines, and Schiff bases; it is used as a building block in flavor, fragrance, and specialty chemical manufacture, not just as a direct odorant; in air, it can contribute to photochemical oxidation processes and is one of the volatile markers studied in atmospheric chemistry and food aroma analysis.