Benzaldehyde is an important raw material for the pharmaceutical, dye, fragrance, and resin industries. It has a wide range of applications, including being used as a solvent, plasticizer, and low-temperature lubricant. It plays an important role in the pharmaceutical, dye, fragrance, and resin industries.
1. Spice industry application: Mainly used to mix food essence, a small amount of it is used in daily chemical essence and tobacco essence, and can be used as a special head fragrance, which can be used in lilac, white orchid, jasmine and other flower fragrance formulations in trace.
2. Application in the food industry: The edible spices temporarily allowed by GB2760-1996 are mainly used to prepare almond, cherry, peach and other essence, and can also be used as flavoring agent for canned sweet cherries.
3. Agricultural application: It is an intermediate of herbicide Wild Swallow Wasp and plant growth regulator Anti Down Amine, used in the agricultural field.
4. Chemical raw materials: Important chemical raw materials used for the preparation of cinnamaldehyde, lauric acid, phenylacetaldehyde, benzyl benzoate, etc.
5. Laboratory use: Used to determine reagents such as ozone, phenols, alkaloids, and methylene groups located next to carboxyl groups.
In summary, benzaldehyde has important applications in multiple fields and is a multifunctional compound.