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Hexanal

analytical standard

Synonym(s):

Aldehyde C6, Caproaldehyde, Hexyl aldehyde

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About This Item

Linear Formula:
CH3(CH2)4CHO
CAS Number:
66-25-1
Molecular Weight:
100.16
UNSPSC Code:
85151701
NACRES:
NA.24
PubChem Substance ID:
329751626
EC Number:
200-624-5
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
506198
MDL number:
MFCD00007027
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grade

analytical standard

Quality Level

100

vapor density

>1 (vs air)

vapor pressure

10 mmHg ( 20 °C)

assay

≥95.0% (GC)

shelf life

limited shelf life, expiry date on the label

technique(s)

HPLC: suitable, gas chromatography (GC): suitable

impurities

≤1.0% water

refractive index

n20/D 1.4035 (lit.)

bp

130-131 °C (lit.)

density

0.815 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

application(s)

cleaning products
cosmetics
flavors and fragrances
food and beverages
personal care

format

neat

SMILES string

CCCCCC=O

InChI

1S/C6H12O/c1-2-3-4-5-6-7/h6H,2-5H2,1H3

InChI key

JARKCYVAAOWBJS-UHFFFAOYSA-N

General description

Hexanal is an oxidation product of linoleic acid and is a dominant volatile aldehyde. It could work as an indicator of lipid oxidation for cooked meat and meat flavor deterioration.

Application

It was used as standard for measuring lipid peroxidation in rat liver samples using headspace GC analysis.
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GHS02,GHS07

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Hazard Classifications

Eye Irrit. 2 - Flam. Liq. 3 - Skin Irrit. 2

Storage Class

3 - Flammable liquids

wgk

WGK 1

flash_point_f

77.0 °F - closed cup

flash_point_c

25 °C - closed cup

Regulatory Information

危险化学品

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BCBX5241
BCBQ9285V

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Articles

Effect of Container Materials on Milk Off-Flavors

HS-SPME with Carboxen®/PDMS coated Nitinol fiber allows low MW analyte detection in light-exposed milk plastics.

Hexanal as an indicator of meat flavor deterioration.
Shahidi, Fereidoon, and RONALD B. PEGG.
Journal of Food Lipids, 1.3, 177-186 (1994)
Rapid headspace gas chromatography of hexanal as a measure of lipid peroxidation in biological samples.
Frankel EN, Hu ML, Tappel AL
Lipids, 24(11), 976-981 (1989)
Jie Li et al.
Clinica chimica acta; international journal of clinical chemistry, 436, 59-67 (2014-05-13)
Breast cancer (BC) remains the most commonly diagnosed malignancy in women. We investigated 4 straight aldehydes in the exhaled breath as potential early BC diagnostic biomarkers. End-tailed breath were collected by Bio-VOC® sampler and assayed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Kruskal-Wallis
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SKUGTIN
18109-1ML04061838755117