Chemical Properties | CLEAR COLOURLESS TO SLIGHTLY YELLOW LIQUID |
Chemical Properties | 4-Ethylbenzaldehyde has a sweet, bitter-almond odor |
Occurrence | Reported found in roasted turkey, grilled and roasted beef, roasted chicken, cider, black tea, roasted peanuts
and cooked trassi |
Uses | It is used as a perfuming agent in cosmetics industry. It is also used as a pharmaceutical intermediate. |
Uses | 4-Ethylbenzaldehyde has been used in the synthesis of 4,4′-diaminotriphenylmethanes under microwave irradiation, which is useful for parallel library syntheses. |
Definition | ChEBI: 4-Ethylbenzaldehyde is a carbonyl compound. |
Aroma threshold values | Detection: 13 ppb; recognition: 40 ppb |
Synthesis Reference(s) | Synthetic Communications, 26, p. 315, 1996 DOI: 10.1080/00397919608003620 |
General Description | 4-Ethylbenzaldehyde is a by-product of disinfection. Kinetic constants (KI) of 4-ethylbenzaldehyde for inhibition of the diphenolase activity of mushroom tyrosinase has been investigated. |