Product Categories: Pharmaceutical Raw Materials; FINE Chemical & INTERMEDIATES;Aromatic Aldehydes & Derivatives (substituted); Benzaldehyde;Veratraldehyde;aldehyde Flavor;Aromatics; Miscellaneous Reagents;Pharmaceutical intermediate
Veratraldehyde Chemical Properties mp 40-43 °C(lit.) bp 281 °C(lit.) FEMA 3109 Fp >230 °F
Water Solubility <0.1 g/100 mL at 22 ºC Sensitive Air Sensitive
Chemical Properties off-white crystalline solid General Description Needles or chunky light peach powder. Has an odor of vanilla beans. Air & Water Reactions Insoluble in water. Reactivity Profile Veratraldehyde is incompatible with strong oxidizing agents and strong bases. . Veratraldehyde is an aldehyde. Aldehydes are readily oxidized to give carboxylic acids. Flammable and/or toxic gases are generated by the combination of aldehydes with azo, diazo compounds, dithiocarbamates, nitrides, and strong reducing agents. Aldehydes can react with air to give first peroxo acids, and ultimately carboxylic acids. These autoxidation reactions are activated by light, catalyzed by salts of transition metals, and are autocatalytic (catalyzed by the products of the reaction).