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Stereochemistry ACHIRAL
Molecular Formula C7H6O
Molecular Weight 106.1219
Optical Activity NONE
Defined Stereocenters 0 / 0
E/Z Centers 0
Charge 0

SHOW SMILES / InChI
Structure of Benzaldehyde

SMILES

O=CC1=CC=CC=C1

InChI

InChIKey=HUMNYLRZRPPJDN-UHFFFAOYSA-N
InChI=1S/C7H6O/c8-6-7-4-2-1-3-5-7/h1-6H

HIDE SMILES / InChI

Molecular Formula C7H6O
Molecular Weight 106.1219
Charge 0
Count
Stereochemistry ACHIRAL
Additional Stereochemistry No
Defined Stereocenters 0 / 0
E/Z Centers 0
Optical Activity NONE

Benzaldehyde is the simplest and possibly the most industrially useful member of the family of aromatic aldehydes. Benzaldehyde exists in nature, primarily in combined forms such as a glycoside in almond, apricot, cherry, and peach seeds. The characteristic benzaldehyde odor of oil of bitter almond occurs because of trace amounts of free benzaldehyde formed by hydrolysis of the glycoside amygdalin. Benzaldehyde is a versatile intermediate because of its reactive aldehyde hydrogen, its carbonyl group, and the benzene ring. Benzaldehyde is formed from phenylpyruvic acid, derived by the aminotransferase activity on phenylalanine, in the presence of high levels of Mn2+, and contributes to the generation of flavor compound during cheese ripening. Benzaldehyde is a synthetic flavoring substance, sanctioned by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to be generally recognized as safe (GRAS) for foods. Benzaldehyde is also recognized as safe for use as a bee repellant in the harvesting of honey. Benzaldehyde's most important use is in organic synthesis, where it is the raw material utilized to produce various aldehydes. Because Benzaldehyde rapidly metabolizes to Benzoic Acid in the skin, the available dermal irritation and sensitization data demonstrating no adverse reactions to Benzoic Acid were considered supportive of the safety of Benzaldehyde.

Approval Year

Conditions

Conditions

ConditionModalityTargetsHighest PhaseProduct
Inactive ingredient
NYSTATIN

Approved Use

Nystatin Oral Suspension is indicated for the treatment of candidiasis in the oral cavity

Launch Date

1988
Overview

Overview

CYP3A4CYP2C9CYP2D6hERG

OverviewOther

Other InhibitorOther SubstrateOther Inducer


Drug as perpetrator​

Drug as perpetrator​

PubMed

PubMed

TitleDatePubMed
Individual variation in hepatic aldehyde oxidase activity.
2001 Apr
Facile synthesis of (R)-4-mercaptopyrrolidine-2-thione from L-aspartic acid.
2001 Apr
Determination of aldehydes and ketones in air samples using cryotrapping sampling.
2001 Aug
Catalyzed asymmetric dialkylzinc addition to benzaldehyde in the presence of new chiral ligands--delta-(1-phenethyl)aminoalcohols.
2001 Aug
Synthesis, structure, and redox and catalytic properties of a new family of ruthenium complexes containing the tridentate bpea ligand.
2001 Aug 13
Odor exposure causes central adaptation and morphological changes in selected olfactory glomeruli in Drosophila.
2001 Aug 15
Increasing the number of synapses modifies olfactory perception in Drosophila.
2001 Aug 15
Continuous production of (R)-phenylacetylcarbinol in an enzyme-membrane reactor using a potent mutant of pyruvate decarboxylase from Zymomonas mobilis.
2001 Aug 20
Benzyloxybenzaldehyde analogues as novel adenylyl cyclase activators.
2001 Aug 6
Immobilization of chiral ligands on polymer fibers by electron beam induced grafting and applications in enantioselective catalysis.
2001 Aug 9
Structural basis for pterin antagonism in nitric-oxide synthase. Development of novel 4-oxo-pteridine antagonists of (6R)-5,6,7,8-tetrahydrobiopterin.
2001 Dec 28
Dynamic structures of horse liver alcohol dehydrogenase (HLADH): results of molecular dynamics simulations of HLADH-NAD(+)-PhCH(2)OH, HLADH-NAD(+)-PhCH(2)O(-), and HLADH-NADH-PhCHO.
2001 Dec 5
Photopolymerization of liquid carbon disulfide produces nanoscale polythiene films.
2001 Feb 14
N-terminal derivatization and fragmentation of neutral peptides via ion--molecule reactions with acylium ions: toward gas-phase Edman degradation?
2001 Feb 14
Synthesis of polycyclic structures by the Diels-Alder reaction of inner-outer-ring 1,3-bis(trimethylsilyloxy)dienes.
2001 Feb 23
Inhibition of ALDH3A1-catalyzed oxidation by chlorpropamide analogues.
2001 Jan 30
Interaction of human aldehyde dehydrogenase with aromatic substrates and ligands.
2001 Jan 30
Production of a cyanogenic secretion by a thyridid caterpillar (Calindoea trifascialis, Thyrididae, Lepidoptera).
2001 Jul
Extremely high drug-reductase activity based on aldehyde oxidase in monkey liver.
2001 Jul
4-(Benzoylindolizinyl)butyric acids; novel nonsteroidal inhibitors of steroid 5alpha-reductase. III.
2001 Jul
Differential effects of naturally occurring isothiocyanates on the activities of cytochrome P450 2E1 and the mutant P450 2E1 T303A.
2001 Jul 1
Natural glycosides containing allopyranose from the passion fruit plant and circular dichroism of benzaldehyde cyanohydrin glycosides.
2001 Jul 12
Kinetics of the thiazolium ion-catalyzed benzoin condensation.
2001 Jul 27
Functional analysis of an olfactory receptor in Drosophila melanogaster.
2001 Jul 31
Electrophysiological and behavioral responses of female Helicoverpa armigera to compounds identified in flowers of African marigold, Tagetes erecta.
2001 Jun
Tephrosia purpurea ameliorates N-diethylnitrosamine and potassium bromate-mediated renal oxidative stress and toxicity in Wistar rats.
2001 Jun
Diastereoselective inter- and intramolecular pinacol coupling of aldehydes promoted by monomeric titanocene(II) complex Cp(2)TiPh.
2001 Jun 1
Biladienones from the photooxidation of a meso-gem-disubstituted phlorin: crystal and molecular structures of the 3N + O coordinated nickel(II) and copper(II) complexes.
2001 Jun 18
Unexpected catalyzed C=C bond cleavage by molecular oxygen promoted by a thiyl radical.
2001 Jun 29
Catalytic asymmetric organozinc additions to carbonyl compounds.
2001 Mar
Headspace analysis of engine oil by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry.
2001 Mar 15
Regulation of distinct attractive and aversive mechanisms mediating benzaldehyde chemotaxis in Caenorhabditis elegans.
2001 May-Jun
Incorporation of an aldehyde function in oligonucleotides.
2001 May-Jun
Antibodies directed to drug epitopes to investigate the structure of drug-protein photoadducts. Recognition of a common photobound substructure in tiaprofenic acid/ketoprofen cross-photoreactivity.
2001 Nov
On-road measurement of carbonyls in California light-duty vehicle emissions.
2001 Nov 1
Study of glycosylation with N-trichloroacetyl-D-glucosamine derivatives in the syntheses of the spacer-armed pentasaccharides sialyl lacto-N-neotetraose and sialyl lacto-N-tetraose, their fragments, and analogues.
2001 Nov 1
Histidine 90 function in 4-chlorobenzoyl-coenzyme a dehalogenase catalysis.
2001 Nov 13
Representation of odorants by receptor neuron input to the mouse olfactory bulb.
2001 Nov 20
Identification of sites in the second exomembrane loop and ninth transmembrane helix of the mammalian Na+/H+ exchanger important for drug recognition and cation translocation.
2001 Nov 23
Inhibition of ALDH3A1-catalyzed oxidation by chlorpropamide analogues.
2001 Nov 28
Volatile compounds from Salix spp. varieties differing in susceptibility to three willow beetle species.
2001 Oct
Analysis of the S(2) subsite specificities of the recombinant cysteine proteinases CPB of Leishmania mexicana, and cruzain of Trypanosoma cruzi, using fluorescent substrates containing non-natural basic amino acids.
2001 Oct
The [2+2]-photocycloaddition of aromatic aldehydes and ketones to 3,4-dihydro-2-pyridones: regioselectivity, diastereoselectivity, and reductive ring opening of the product oxetanes.
2001 Oct 15
Contributions of valine-292 in the nicotinamide binding site of liver alcohol dehydrogenase and dynamics to catalysis.
2001 Oct 23
Synthesis and receptor docking studies of N-substituted indole-2-carboxylic acid esters as a search for COX-2 selective enzyme inhibitors.
2001 Sep
Aldehyde and monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbon mixing ratios at an urban site in Las Vegas, Nevada.
2001 Sep
SPME/GC-MS characterization of volatiles associated with methamphetamine: toward the development of a pseudomethamphetamine training material.
2001 Sep
The relationship between Taxol and (+)-discodermolide: synthetic analogs and modeling studies.
2001 Sep
Ozone reaction with n-aldehydes (n=4-10), benzaldehyde, ethanol, isopropanol, and n-propanol adsorbed on a dual-bed graphitized carbon-carbon molecular sieve adsorbent cartridge.
2001 Sep 21
Synthetic routes to fluorenone, indenopyirdine, 4h-naphtho[2,1-b]pyrans and pyridine derivatives.
2001 Sep-Oct
Substance Class Chemical
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Record UNII
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Name Type Language
FEMA NO. 2127
Preferred Name English
Benzaldehyde
FCC   FHFI   HSDB   II   INCI   MART.   MI   USP-RS  
INCI  
Official Name English
Benzaldehyde [FCC]
Common Name English
Benzaldehyde [FHFI]
Common Name English
FENTANYL IMPURITY E [EP IMPURITY]
Common Name English
AMFETAMINE SULFATE IMPURITY D [EP IMPURITY]
Common Name English
GLYCOPYRRONIUM BROMIDE IMPURITY F [EP IMPURITY]
Common Name English
Phenylformaldehyde
Systematic Name English
Benzaldehyde [HSDB]
Common Name English
Benzaldehyde [MART.]
Common Name English
Artificial almond oil
Common Name English
BENZOYLL PEROXIDE HYDROUS IMPURITY A [EP IMPURITY]
Common Name English
Benzaldehyde spirit [WHO-DD]
Common Name English
Benzoic aldehyde
Common Name English
NSC-7917
Code English
Benzaldehyde [USP IMPURITY]
Common Name English
Benzaldehyde [MI]
Common Name English
NCI-C56133
Common Name English
BENZALKONIUM CHLORIDE IMPURITY B [EP IMPURITY]
Common Name English
Benzaldehyde [II]
Common Name English
TRIBENOSIDE IMPURITY C [EP IMPURITY]
Common Name English
Phenylmethanal
Systematic Name English
HYDROUS BENZOYL PEROXIDE IMPURITY A [EP IMPURITY]
Common Name English
Benzaldehyde [USP-RS]
Common Name English
Benzaldehyde [VANDF]
Common Name English
Benzenecarboxaldehyde
Systematic Name English
FENTANYL CITRATE IMPURITY E [EP IMPURITY]
Common Name English
Benzoic acid aldehyde
Common Name English
BENZYL ALCOHOL IMPURITY A [EP IMPURITY]
Common Name English
Classification Tree Code System Code
JECFA EVALUATION BENZALDEHYDE
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EPA PESTICIDE CODE 8601
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EC SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER SAFETY OPINION SCCS/1459/11
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DEA NO. 8256
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Code System Code Type Description
FDA UNII
TA269SD04T
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ECHA (EC/EINECS)
202-860-4
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NSC
7917
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CHEBI
17169
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SMS_ID
100000129170
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DAILYMED
TA269SD04T
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EPA CompTox
DTXSID8039241
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NCI_THESAURUS
C2591
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MERCK INDEX
m2330
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PRIMARY Merck Index
RXCUI
1314334
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PRIMARY RxNorm
ChEMBL
CHEMBL15972
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EVMPD
SUB37594
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PUBCHEM
240
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RS_ITEM_NUM
1050905
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CAS
100-52-7
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HSDB
388
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NCI_THESAURUS
C45678
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CONCEPT Industrial Aid
JECFA MONOGRAPH
321
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WIKIPEDIA
BENZALDEHYDE
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MESH
C032175
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