Very common use in perfume compounds and flavour compositions. Useful for fresh, citrus-like, agrumic notes – as natural as lemon.
Citral Extra
Overview
Appearance
Clear colorless to pale yellowish liquid
Odor
Lemon, citrus, fruity, green
Taste
Fresh, fruity, citrus-like
Occurance
Occurs in nature
Applications
Fragrance
Very common use in all kinds of perfume compounds.
Very useful for fresh, citrus-like, agrumic-notes.
Flavor
Very commonly used in composition for imitations of
lemon, grapefruit, orange, lime and, thanks to its fresh
citrus-note, for apple, cherry, strawberry, etc as well.
Technical Data
Chemical Structure
CAS-Name
2,6-Octadienal, 3,7-dimethyl-
CAS-No
5392-40-5
EINECS
226-394-6
Synonyms
3,7-Dimethyl-2,6-octadienal / Citralia / Hesperitraal / Geranial / Lemarome N/ Neral