2-Tridecenal has a very strong, citrus-peel, waxy odor with a bittersweet taste.
White to yellow liquid; oily, citrus odor. Soluble in alc,
fixed oils; insoluble in water.
Reported found in grilled and roasted beef, lamb and mutton liver and coriander leaf. Also detected in sunguli
oil from Turkmenistan.
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.
