Chemical Properties
2-Decanal has a powerful waxy, orange aroma.
Occurrence
Reported found in bitter orange peel, blackberry, ginger, butter, mushroom, kiwi, bacon fat, roast beef, beef fat,
heated beef fat, bilberries, carrot root, boiled chicken, chicken broth, cranberry press residue, ham, lingonberry, orange, heated pork
fat, potato chip, soy bean, boiled mutton, tea, roasted filberts, roasted peanuts and coriander leaf.
Definition
ChEBI: An enal consisting of dec-2-ene having an oxo group at the 1-position.
Preparation
By reaction of octanal and ethyl vinyl ether and subsequent hydrolysis.
Aroma threshold values
Detection: 1 ppb; aroma characteristics at 1.0%: waxy, fatty, earthy, coriander, green, mushroom, aldehydic
with a chicken and pork fat nuance.
Taste threshold values
Taste characteristics at 1.0 ppm: waxy, fatty, earthy, coriander, mushroom, green with a pork fat nuance.
Safety Profile
Moderately toxic by
skin contact. Mildly toxic by ingestion. A
severe skin irritant. When heated to
decomposition it emits acrid smoke and
fumes. See also ALDEHYDES.
