2-Undecenal Chemical Properties

Melting point:

-12°C (estimate)

Boiling point:

115 °C10 mm Hg(lit.)

Density 

0.849 g/mL at 25 °C(lit.)

refractive index 

n20/D 1.457(lit.)

FEMA 

3423 | 2-UNDECENAL

Flash point:

>230 °F

Odor

at 1.00 % in dipropylene glycol. fresh fruity orange peel

Odor Type

fruity

JECFA Number

1366

LogP

4.23

NIST Chemistry Reference

2-Undecenal(2463-77-6)

EPA Substance Registry System

2-Undecenal (2463-77-6)

Safety Information

Risk Statements 

36/38

Safety Statements 

26-36

WGK Germany 

3

MSDS

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2-Undecenal Usage And Synthesis

Chemical Properties

2-Undecenal has a powerful, fresh aldehydic odor. The commercial product is a mixture of several isomers of undecylenic aldehyde. This compound exhibits fungistatic activity.

Physical properties

Colorless or very pale straw-colored oily liquid.
Insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.

Occurrence

Reported found among the volatile components in fish products, also formed in the oxidative decomposition of heated lard; its presence in nature has been reported in cranberry and bilberry, milk, cooked chicken, heated beef and pork, roasted filberts, roasted peanuts, pecans, coriander seed and leaf, soybean, kiwifruit and potato chips.

Definition

ChEBI: 2-undecenal is an undecenal in which the C=C bond is located at the 2-3 position. It is an undecenal, a n-alk-2-enal and a volatile organic compound.

Preparation

2-Undecenal can be produced by condensation of Acetaldehyde with Nonanal. It can also be produced via alphu-Bromo undecanoic acid.

Taste threshold values

Taste characteristics at 15 ppm: waxy, addehydic, green, with a citrus and meaty nuance.

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