White to yellow liquid; oily, citrus odor. Soluble in alc,
fixed oils; insoluble in water.
2-Tridecenal has a very strong, citrus-peel, waxy odor with a bittersweet taste.
Powerful, waxy-citrusy, peel-like odor of
moderate tenacity. More citrusy than the
odor of Tndecanal.
Reported found in grilled and roasted beef, lamb and mutton liver and coriander leaf. Also detected in sunguli
oil from Turkmenistan.
2-Tridecenal is used in minute amounts in flavor compositions, mainly of the Citrus type, but also
in fruit complexes, where it introduces great
power, diffusion and lift to the aroma, reviving an overly sweet Citrus complex, etc.
The concentration in finished products is
normally very low, about 0.1 to 8 ppm.
ChEBI: 2-tridecenal is a fatty aldehyde.
From undecyl aldehyde by condensation with acetic aldehyde using sodamide in ether.
Taste characteristics at 30 ppm: aldehydic, citrus-like, fatty, green and creamy.
Low toxicity by ingestion and skin contact.
Low toxicity by
ingestion and skin contact. When heated to
decomposition it emits acrid smoke and
irritating fumes.
