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- Brand：hebei qujie
- Model：170kg/Drum
- Purity：99%
- Cas：5392-40-5
- Createtime： 2026-06-04
- Updatetime： 2026-06-05
| useage | Raw material for flavor & fragrance |
| deliveryInfo | |
| appearance | Pale yellow clear oily liquid |
| aliasen | |
| supplyCapacity | 80T/Month |
| harbor | tianjin qingdao shanghai |
| minorder | 1KG |
Introduction:
Citral (C10H16O), also called 3,7-dimethyl-2,6-octadienal, a pale yellow liquid, with a strong lemon odour, that occurs in the essential oils of plants. It is insoluble in water but soluble in ethanol (ethyl alcohol), and mineral oil. It is used in perfumes and flavourings and in the manufacture of other chemicals. Chemically, citral is a mixture of two aldehydes that have the same molecular formula but different structures.
Content analysis
Accurately weigh about 1g of the sample, and then perform the determination by the hydroxylamine method (OT-7, method one) used in aldehyde and ketone determination. The equivalent factor (e) in the calculation is 76.12.
Application:
Citral is an artificial flavor permitted to use in China, which can be used to prepare strawberries, apples, apricots, sweet orange, lemon and other fruit-based flavors. According to normal production needs, the citrals amount used in chewing gums is 1.70mg/kg; baked goods 43mg/kg; candy 41mg/kg; cold drinks 23mg/kg; soft drinks 9.2mg/kg.
It is also widely used in dishwashing detergents and the flavoring agents of soap and toilet water. Citral can be used as the raw material to synthesize ionone, methyl ionone and dihydro damascene. As organic raw material, it can also be reduced to generate citronellol, nerol alcohol and geraniol, and be converted into lemonile. In the pharmaceutical industry, it can be used for the manufacture of vitamin A and E, and also as the raw material of chlorophyll.
Product Name Citral CAS 5392-40-5 MF C10H16O EINECS 226-394-6 MOQ 1 kg, please consult for details Sample And Customize Support Delivery Time 7-15 days Shipping Method sea freight,land transport,air transport,express delivery Package standard packaging Production Capacity 1000 tons/year Quality Top Quality 
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