Benzaldehyde (C6H5CHO) is an organic compound consisting of a benzene ring with a Formyl substituents. It is industrially useful the simplest aromatic aldehyde and one of most. This colorless liquid has a characteristic pleasant almond smell. In fact, benzaldehyde is the primary component of the reported and can be extracted from a number of other natural sources.
Benzaldehyde exist widely in plant kingdom, especially in rosaceae plants, mainly in the form of a nucleoside exists in plant stem, leaf or skin seeds, such as bitter apricot kernels of amygdalin. Benzaldehyde naturally occurring in bitter almond oil, oil, oil, hyacinth pogostemon patchouli essential oil in oil ylang ylang, etc. Sometimes also called bitter almond oil. Tasted is a colorless liquid. Density 1.046, melting point-26 ℃, boiling point 179 ℃. Common product is a colorless liquid to pale yellow.
