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geranial Chem.|dʒəˈreɪnɪəl|
[a. G. geranial (F. W. Semmler 1891, in Ber. d. Deut. Chem. Ges. XXIV. 201), f. geraniumaldehyde.]
A fragrant colourless oil present in many essential oils (as lemon-grass oil) and used extensively in perfumery as citral, of which it is the trans form; it is the aldehyde, C10H16O, corresponding to geraniol.
1899Jrnl. Chem. Soc. LXXVI. i. 67 Crystals are obtained which yield geranial..when they are freed from oil. 1953E. H. Rodd Chem. Carbon Compounds IIb. xii. 498 The aldehyde citral..occurs in two geometrical forms, citral-a (geranial) and citral-b (neral). |