clear colorless to yellow liquid
o-Tolylaldehyde, is a simple aromatic aldehyde that has many industrial applications, and can also be used as a building block in different chemical synthesis.
ChEBI: A tolualdehyde compound with the methyl substituent at the 2-position.
2-Methylbenzaldehyde is incompatible with strong bases and strong reducing agents. 2-Methylbenzaldehyde is also incompatible with strong oxidizers. 2-Methylbenzaldehyde may react with ketones, sulfuric acid, nitric acid, caustics and ammonia. .
2-Methylbenzaldehyde is combustible.