Assay: 99.8%
Colour: Clear Colourless Liquid
Odour: Bitter Almonds
Low Boiling Impuirites: 0.06%
High Boiling Impurities: 0.20%
Benzaldehyde (C6H5CHO) is an organic compound consisting of a benzene ring with a formyl substituent. It is the simplest aromatic aldehyde and one of the most industrially useful. This colorless liquid has a characteristic pleasant almond -like odor . In fact, benzaldehyde is the primary component of bitter almond oil and can be extracted from a number of other natural sources.[1] Benzaldehyde was first extracted from bitter almonds in 1803 by the French pharmacist Martrès.[2] In 1832 German chemists Friedrich Wöhler and Justus von Liebig first synthesized benzaldehyde.[3]