2,6,6-Trimethyl-1,2-cyclohexen-1-carboxaldehyde has a camphoraceous odor for a 50/50 mixture of isomers.
Reported found in tea, apricot, melon, tomato, tomato paste, ginger, rum, Japanese plum, plumcot, mango,
apple brandy, calamus, buckwheat, Bourbon vanilla, cape gooseberry and maté.
beta-Cyclocitral is used as flavoring agent, nutrient, stabilizers, surfactants and emulsifiers.
BETA-CYCLOCITRAL can be produced by condensation of Citral with Aniline, followed by hydrolysis and separation of
the alpha and beta isomers by fractionated
distillation.
ChEBI: A monoterpenoid formally derived from citral by cyclisation. It is a volatile compound produced by a cyanobacteria.
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 69, p. 2072, 1947
DOI: 10.1021/ja01200a519Synthesis, p. 781, 1975
