Reactivity Profile
ISOVALERALDEHYDE(590-86-3) is an aldehyde. Aldehydes are frequently involved in self-condensation or polymerization reactions. These reactions are exothermic; they are often catalyzed by acid. Aldehydes are readily oxidized to give carboxylic acids. Flammable and/or toxic gases are generated by the combination of aldehydes with azo, diazo compounds, dithiocarbamates, nitrides, and strong reducing agents. Aldehydes can react with air to give first peroxo acids, and ultimately carboxylic acids. These autoxidation reactions are activated by light, catalyzed by salts of transition metals, and are autocatalytic (catalyzed by the products of the reaction). The addition of stabilizers (antioxidants) to shipments of aldehydes retards autoxidation.
Occurrence
Reported found in over 180 natural sources including apple, banana, berries, grapes, peach, papaya,
peach, kohlrabi, carrot, celery, leek, peas, potato, bell pepper, tomato, ginger, peppermint and spearmint oil, other Mentha oils,
vinegar, breads, many cheeses, butter, milk, egg, fatty and lean fish, meats, hop oil, beer, cognac, sherry, rum, grape wines,
cocoa, coffee, tea, filberts, peanuts, pecans, peanut butter, barley, oats, soybean, honey, avocado, mace, plum, beans, mushrooms, starfruit, mango, beetroot, cardamom, coriander seed, rice, lovage leaf, pumpkin, buckwheat, laurel, malt, clary sage,
wort, elderberry, clam, scallops, crab, crayfish, okra, sapodilla, truffles, kiwifruit and other sources.
