Ethyl vanillin

Molecular formula :C9H10O3 Molecular weight:16617 CAS NO: 121-32-4 Appearance: white to pale yellow needle-like crystalline powder Use: It widely used in foods additive, such as chocolate, ice cream, beverages and daily cosmetics Package:25kg/barrel This product is mainly used as the agent in pharmaceutical manufacturing and spices, usually for containing glycerol, ethanol .The liquid preparation as diluent, also used for semi-solid preparations and solid preparation, such as cream, granule, etc.

In the food industry , use the same as the vanillin, especially suitable for milk base food fu sweet agent, can be used alone or in combination with vanillin, Glycerin, etc. In daily chemical industry is mainly used in cosmetics for the agent.

(1). This ether condenses with glyoxylic acid to give the corresponding mandelic acid derivative (2), which via oxidation (3) and decarboxylation gives ethylvanillin (4).

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Application As a flavorant, ethylvanillin is about three times as potent as vanillin and is used in the production of chocolate. The molecule revolutionized both the design and aesthetics of olfactory art; artist Aimé Guerlain used it in "Jicky" (1889), one of the earliest uses of the synthetic molecules that freed scent artists from the limits of natural materials.