Orašaste note

Nutty notes cover smells such as the hazelnut aroma of filbertone and the almond-like odor of benzaldehyde.
- Type
- Akord
- Olfactive family
- Voćni
- Source
- Hazelnuts (filbertone), bitter almonds (benzaldehyde), baked and roasted foods (alkylpyrazines)
- Chemical class
- Enones (filbertone), aromatic aldehydes (benzaldehyde), alkylpyrazines
Miris
Detaljno
Zanimljivosti
Filberts are linked with St Philibert, a 7th-century monk whose feast day, August 20th, coincides with the nutting season. Because filbertone is found in hazelnut oil, its presence can be used to detect the adulteration of olive oil with less expensive hazelnut oil.
Dobijanje i hemija
Način dobijanja
Most of the filbertone in hazelnuts forms during heat treatment, from a precursor that is still unknown. Pan frying raw hazelnuts for 9 to 15 minutes, or boiling the crushed nuts in water for 1 hour, raised its level by factors of 600 and 800 respectively. In the original laboratory synthesis, (+)-(E,5S)-filbertone was prepared starting from (S)-(-)-2-methylbutan-1-ol. In bitter almonds, the enzyme emulsin acts in the presence of water on the glucosides amygdalin and prunasin and yields glucose, cyanide and the essential oil of bitter almonds, which is nearly pure benzaldehyde. Synthetic benzaldehyde is primarily produced by liquid phase chlorination and oxidation of toluene. Natural benzaldehyde is produced from cinnamaldehyde obtained from cassia oil by a retro-aldol reaction.
- Formula
- Complex natural mixture (key constituents: filbertone C₈H₁₄O; benzaldehyde C₇H₆O)
No IFRA Standard for the material itself (51st Amendment)
- Tačka ključanja
- 178.1 °C (benzaldehyde)
U parfemima
Filbertone is used in perfumery and is designated as generally recognized as safe (GRAS) for use in food products. Bitter almond oil, which contains benzaldehyde, is used as a food flavouring and in perfume.