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2,4-dimethylbenzaldehyde

green aldehyde

Found in 19 ingredients across the CompKitchen flavor graph.

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2D Lewis structure of 2,4-dimethylbenzaldehyde
2D Lewis Structure
Formula
C9H10O
Molecular weight
134.17 g/mol
PubChem CID
61814 — full record on PubChem

Properties

Odor description
almond, cherry, sweet, spicy
Volatility
high
CAS number
15764-16-6
Retention index
1181
Regulatory · United States

FEMA GRAS — Generally Recognized As Safe for flavoring use

✓ Exact match
FEMA number
3427
GRAS publication
GRAS 8
FEMA primary name
2,4-DIMETHYLBENZALDEHYDE

Use-level matrix not extracted for this substance — check the source publication for current ppm guidance.

Source: FEMA GRAS publications 1-33.

How this molecule is described

Sources disagree about odour more often than they disagree about chemistry. Rather than show one answer, here is every description on file with how many ingredient records carry it.

Descriptions on file

Ordered by how many independent descriptor streams give each wording, then by how often it appears. The bar is still replication — one source copied onto many ingredients scores high there — so the two can disagree.

almond, cherry, naphthyl, spice, vanilla FlavorDB 2.0
16
cherry, almond, naphthyl, spice, vanilla FlavorDB 2.0
2
almond, cherry, sweet, spicy shown above Llm Adjudicated
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Bars are the share of ingredient records carrying each description. High agreement means the sources replicate each other — not necessarily that they are right.

Found in

Measured impact first, then profile share

Every ingredient known to contain 2,4-dimethylbenzaldehyde. Ingredients with a measured concentration come first, ranked by odour activity; the rest follow by how large a share of that ingredient's profile this molecule is. The figure beside each is how many different compounds that ingredient has in total — not the concentration of 2,4-dimethylbenzaldehyde in it.

arar
essential oil
12 cmpds
papaya brandy
beverage alcoholic
48 cmpds
anise brandy
beverage alcoholic
49 cmpds
armagnac brandy
beverage alcoholic
49 cmpds
blackberry brandy
beverage alcoholic
49 cmpds
raspberry brandy
beverage alcoholic
49 cmpds
weinbrand brandy
beverage alcoholic
50 cmpds
cherry brandy
beverage alcoholic
52 cmpds
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