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Aroma Ingredients

Hexenal trans-2

SKU: 4GA02582

The odour of trans-2-hexenal is very powerful fresh, green, and crushed apple seed like. It has a strong, distinctive aroma that is often described as being similar to freshly cut grass, green leaves, and herbs. It can be used to add a fresh, green, and herbaceous note. Best used as a 1% or 10% dilution.

US$ 0.21 /gram
Odor Life (Smelling Strip)0.6 hrs
Relative Odor Impact1250

Olfactory Profile

What is feeeel... the smell..?
GREENSPICEALIPHATIC
Top Notes

Green, Spice, Aliphatic

GreenSpiceAliphatic
Heart Notes

Spice

Spice
Base Notes

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Odour & Impact

The odour and uses of Hexenal trans-2:

Odour=> green fruity unripe banana vegetable apple Powerful green-fruity pungent vegetable-like odor pungent in high concentrations almost acrylic-sharp but pleasant fruity and fresh-green in dilutions below 0 strongly leafy green, slightly spicy, bitter almond-like
Perfume-Uses=> Apricot Plum Mirabelle Plum Floral In Delecate Floral And Fruity Topnote-complexes, Delicate-florals, Topnotes, Orange, poor tenacity, moderately alkali-stable in traces as green top-note for floral perfumes
Vegetable, Nut, Strawberry, Banana, Apple, Apricot, Plum, Pear, Berry, Cucumber, Strawberry
Blends-well-with=> Artificial Ess. Oils,

Relative Odor Impact 1250
Odor Life (Smelling Strip) 0.6 hrs

Perfumery Applications

Typical usage in perfume compounds:

0.030%
From
0.200%
Average
1.000%
Maximum

Technical Specifications

Product NameHexenal trans-2
Appearance
Physical Statecolorless liquid
Specific Gravity0.8440
Refractive Index0.0000
Melting PointTBA
Boiling Point47
Flash Point0
CAS No.6728-26-3
FEMA2560

Synonyms & Uses

$GA : Propyl Acrolein, Beta- : Leaf Aldehyde : Beta-propylacrolein : Hexen-2-al : Trans-2-hexenal : Hexenal, Trans-2- : beta Propyl acrolein : alpha beta Hexylenic aldehyde : trans-2-hexenal : trans-2-Hexenal : (E)-2-Hexenal :Leaf aldehyde : PerfumersWorld

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Application Suitability
Rating Guide
Rating Guide
  • 9 Very Good Performance
  • 8 Good Performance
  • 7 Reasonable performance
  • 6 Fair performance
  • 5 Mediocre performance
  • 4 Slight stability problems
  • 3 Discoloration Problems
  • 2 Stability problems
  • 1 Major problems
  • 0 Not recommended for use

Alcoholic Perfume Very Good Performance
9/9
Anti-perspirants/Deo Fair performance
6/9
Creams and Lotions Very Good Performance
9/9
Lipsticks Very Good Performance
9/9
Talcum Powder Very Good Performance
9/9
Tablet Soap Fair performance
6/9
Liquid Soap Fair performance
6/9
Shampoo Fair performance
6/9
Hair Conditioner Fair performance
6/9
Bath/Shower Gel Fair performance
6/9
Cold Wave Major problems
1/9
Acid Cleaner Major problems
1/9
Ammonia Slight stability problems
4/9
Chlorine Major problems
1/9
Detergent Powder Fair performance
6/9
Liquid Detergent Fair performance
6/9
Fabric Softener Fair performance
6/9
Candles Reasonable performance
7/9
Pot Pourri Reasonable performance
7/9
Incense Good Performance
8/9

Important Notes:

End application data applies to experiments carried out by the authors or extrapolated from those experiments using computer algorithms. As application product formulations vary widely this information is only a general guide.

Full testing by both perfumers- flavorists and end users is the only proven method to ensuring a perfume or flavours safety- strength- suitability- stability and success.

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