benzaldehyde
noun
benz·al·de·hyde
ben-ˈzal-də-ˌhīd 
: a colorless nontoxic aromatic liquid C6H5CHO found in essential oils (as in peach kernels) and used in flavoring and perfumery, in pharmaceuticals, and in synthesis of dyes
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Almond flavors contained similar chemicals, but there was one notable difference: the almond and vanilla flavors contained benzaldehyde, while the lemon did not.
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Jacek Krywko, Ars Technica, 26 July 2024
Actually, the odor is benzaldehyde, no doubt to provide some kind of protection from enemies.
—Ellen Nibali, baltimoresun.com, 3 June 2019
And knowing that benzaldehyde is responsible enables historians to preserve the odor.
—Jessica Wapner, Newsweek, 1 May 2017
If the smeller determines that the old book smells like almonds, then that could be the result of benzaldehyde, a chemical that forms when lignin, a component of some paper pulp, degrades.
—Jessica Wapner, Newsweek, 1 May 2017
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Jacek Krywko, Ars Technica, 26 July 2024
Actually, the odor is benzaldehyde, no doubt to provide some kind of protection from enemies.
—Ellen Nibali, baltimoresun.com, 3 June 2019
And knowing that benzaldehyde is responsible enables historians to preserve the odor.
—Jessica Wapner, Newsweek, 1 May 2017
If the smeller determines that the old book smells like almonds, then that could be the result of benzaldehyde, a chemical that forms when lignin, a component of some paper pulp, degrades.
—Jessica Wapner, Newsweek, 1 May 2017
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benzaldehyde
noun
benz·al·de·hyde
ben-ˈzal-də-ˌhīd
: a colorless nontoxic aromatic liquid C6H5CHO found in essential oils (as in peach kernels) and used in flavoring and perfumery, in pharmaceuticals, and in synthesis of dyes
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