Natural benzaldehyde is widely present in the plant kingdom, especially in Rosaceae plants, mainly in the form of glycosides in the bark, leaves or seeds of plants, such as amygdalin in bitter almonds. Benzaldehyde is naturally present in essential oils such as bitter almond oil, ageratum oil, hyacinth oil, and ylang ylang oil. The chemical properties of benzaldehyde are similar to those of fatty aldehydes, but there are differences.
【Molecular weight】 106.12
【Cas】100-52-7
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Use
Natural benzaldehyde can be used as a raw material for organic synthesis for the manufacture of cinnamaldehyde, cinnamic acid and its esters, as well as for the preparation of mixtures of benzyl alcohol and benzoic acid and herbicides; it is also used to synthesize chloramphenicol, DL-phenylglycine , the intermediate of ephedrine, 2- nitrobenzaldehyde .
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