Product Name: Citronellal /Rhodinal
CAS: 106-23-0
Rhodinal (Citronellal) Information
Product Name: Citronellal /Rhodinal
CAS: 106-23-0
Molecular Fomula:C10H18O
Molecular Weight:154.25
Appearance: light yellow to yellow clear liquid
Assay:85%
Rhodinal (Citronellal) specification
| Item | Specifications |
| Appearance: | light yellow to yellow clear liquid |
| Odour: | with a strong sweet grass aroma |
| Relative density: | 0.888~0.892 |
| Refractive index: | 1.470~1.474 |
| Optical rotaiton: | -7°~ -13° |
| Solubility: | easy soluble in 95% ethanol |
| Content: | citronellal 32-40%citronellol 9-18 %geraniol 20~25% |
| total assay of alcohol | 85%minimum |
Rhodinal (Citronellal) Usage
1. Citronellal is mainly used as a raw material for synthesizing citronellol, hydroxycitronellal, menthol and the like. It can be used in a small amount of low-grade lemon, cologne, magnolia, lily of the valley, honey and fragrance, mainly because it has the effect of grass green gas.
2. Citronellal is rarely used in high-grade flavors, but is often used in inexpensive soap flavors. Mainly used in the manufacture of vanillyl alcohol and hydroxy citronella vinegar. Synthetic menthol is produced from the menthol brain. Among them, hydroxycitronellal is one of the most valuable spices.
3. Citronellal is used to prepare flavors with a rich lemon, lemon grass rose-like aroma
4. Citronellal is widely used as a fixative, a complexing agent and a modifier in cosmetic perfumes; it is also a flavoring agent for beverages and foods. It can be prepared from citronella oil or acetylated and oxidized from isoeugenol.
Rhodinal (Citronellal)Packaging
Blue steel Drum, Net weight: 180kgper drum
Rhodinal (Citronellal)Storage
The package is complete, lightly loaded and unloaded; the warehouse is ventilated, away from open flames, high temperature, and stored separately from oxidants.
