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2-Methylbutyraldehyde has a powerful, choking odor with a peculiar cocoa and coffee-like flavor when diluted. It has a sweet, slightly fruity, chocolate-like taste. May be prepared by oxidation of sec-butylcarbinol isolated from fermented fusel oil; the dl-form from sec-butyl magnesium bromide and formaldehyde; by reduction of methylethylacetic acid.

2-Methylbutyraldehyde has a powerful, choking odor with a peculiar cocoa and coffee-like flavor when diluted. This compound is also reported to have a sweet, slightly fruity, chocolate-like taste.

clear colorless to light yellow liquid

Reported found in apple juice, berries, grapes, papaya, peach, kohlrabi, onion, leek, peas, potato, bell pepper, tomato, peppermint and spearmint oil, breads, cheeses, milk, egg, fatty and lean fish, meats, beer, cognac, rum, cocoa, coffee, tea, filberts, peanuts, pecans, oat flakes, soybean, olive, passion fruit, plum, beans, mushrooms, trassi, macadamia nut, tamarind, cardamom, rice, quince, lovage leaf, pumpkin, sweet corn, laurel, malt, clary sage, truffle, clam, scallops, squid, Chinese quince and Roman chamomile oil, black currant and Swiss cheese.

ChEBI: 2-methylbutanal is a methylbutanal in which the methyl substituent is at position 2. It has a role as a volatile oil component, a plant metabolite and a Saccharomyces cerevisiae metabolite. It is a 2-methyl-branched fatty aldehyde and a methylbutanal.

By oxidation of sec-butylcarbinol isolated from fermented fusel oil; the dl-form from sec-butyl magnesium bromide and formaldehyde; by reduction of methylethylacetic acid

characteristics at 10 ppm: green, fruity, musty with a berry nuance, musty, furfural and rummy, with nutty and cereal notes, caramel and fruity undernotes.

The initial threshold screening level (ITSL) for 2-methylbutyraldehyde is 700 μg/m3 based on an annual averaging time.