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heptanal
Sign in to saveAlso known as Oenanthic aldehyde, Enanthal, Heptyl aldehyde, Heptaldehyde, N-Heptylaldehyde, N-Heptanal, Oenanthol, n-Heptaldehyde
Heptanal or heptanaldehyde is an alkyl aldehyde. It is a colourless liquid with a strong fruity odor, which is used as precursor to components in perfumes and lubricants.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C7H14O
- Molecular weight
- 114.19 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- heptanal
- SMILES
- CCCCCCC=O
- InChIKey
- FXHGMKSSBGDXIY-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 2.3
- Polar surface area
- 17.1 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 1
- Formal charge
- 0
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Production
- Properties
- Uses
- References
Heptanal or heptanaldehyde is an alkyl aldehyde. It is a colourless liquid with a strong fruity odor, which is used as precursor to components in perfumes and lubricants.
==Production== The formation of heptanal in the fractional distillation of castor oil was already described in 1878. The large-scale production is based on the pyrolytic cleavage of ricinoleic acid (Arkema method) and on the hydroformylation of 1-hexene with rhodium 2-ethylhexanoate as a catalyst upon addition of some 2-ethylhexanoic acid (Oxea method): 400px|Hydroformylation of 1-Hexene
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