Phenolic aldehyde

Phenolic aldehydes are derivatives of phenol.[1] Phenolic aldehydes can be found in wines and cognacs.[2]

Examples :

• Hydroxybenzaldehydes
• Dihydroxybenzaldehydes
• Vanillin and isovanillin
• 2,3,4-trihydroxybenzaldehyde can be isolated from Antigonon leptopus.[3]

References

1. Friedrich Brühne and Elaine Wright "Benzaldehyde" in Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry, 2002, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim. doi:10.1002/14356007.a03_463
2. Determination of Phenolic Aldehydes in Cognacs and Wines by Capillary Electrophoresis: New Cognac Quality Markers. A. G. Panosyan, G. Mamikonyan, M. Torosyan, A. Abramyan, A. Oganesyan, E. S. Gabrielyan, A. Grigoryants, S. Mkhitaryan and B. V. Lapin, Journal of Analytical Chemistry, Volume 57, Number 4, 356-361, 2002, doi:10.1023/A:1014914701477
3. Health-Beneficial Phenolic Aldehyde in Antigonon leptopus Tea. Vanisree Mulabagal, Ruby L. Alexander-Lindo, David L. DeWitt and Muraleedharan G. Nair, eCAM, 2009 doi:10.1093/ecam/nep041