Safranal

Structural formula
General
Surname	Safranal
other names	2,6,6-trimethyl-1,3-cyclohexadiene-1-carbaldehyde
Molecular formula	C 10 H 14 O
Brief description	yellow liquid
External identifiers / databases
CAS number 116-26-7 EC number 204-133-7 ECHA InfoCard 100.003.758 PubChem 61041 Wikidata Q424919
properties
Molar mass	150.22 g mol −1
Physical state	liquid
density	0.97 g cm −3
boiling point	70 ° C (1.3 h Pa )
safety instructions
GHS labeling of hazardous substances Caution H and P phrases H: 315-319-335 P: 261-305 + 351 + 338
As far as possible and customary, SI units are used. Unless otherwise noted, the data given apply to standard conditions .

Safranal is the main aroma of saffron . There is a monocyclic terpene - aldehyde , which from the saffron glucoside produced picrocrocin. Saffron also contains the isomeric 2,6,6-trimethyl-1,4-cyclohexadiene-1-carbaldehyde.

presentation

Safranal can be made from citral .

Extraction

Saffron oil, which contains saffronal, can be obtained from Crocus sativus , whose stamens are processed into saffron.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Safranal data sheet at Sigma-Aldrich , accessed on April 22, 2011 ( PDF ).
2. ^ Food Rev. Int. 16 (2000), pp. 39-59.
3. ↑ Cadwallader, KR, In Carotenoid-Derived Aroma Compounds, Winterhalter, P .; Rouseff, RL, eds .; ACS Symposium Series 802; American Chemical Society : Washington, DC, (2002); Pp. 220-239.
4. ↑ WMB Könst, LM van der Linde, H. Boelens, Tetrahedron Lett. , 15 (36), 1974, pp. 3175-3178; doi : 10.1016 / S0040-4039 (01) 91853-2 .
5. ↑ J. Agric. Food Chem. 45, 459 (1997).
6. ↑ Phytochemistry 10, 2755 (1971).