Compounds · Aldehydes · Terpenoid pathway
Perillaldehyde
Also known as Perilla aldehyde — an analysis may use any of these names
Perilla, warm green, with a faint cinnamon note. Very distinctive and very hard to borrow from any other source.
- CAS
- 2111-75-3
- Formula
- C10H14O
- Molar mass
- 150.22
- Odour threshold
- —
- Boiling point
- ≈ 237 °C at atmospheric pressure
Volatility
150 °C290 °C
Where it comes from
Biosynthetic pathway: Terpenoid pathway — plants build them from identical five-carbon blocks.
Why it sits where it does
A monocyclic aldehyde with a conjugated double bond, a stable structure boiling at around 237 degrees.
Where else you meet it
Perilla is the main source. It hardly appears in significant amounts in any other species.