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Smell of Acetaldehyde - What Products?
Every time I make acetaldehyde the smell reminds me of the inside of a house under construction. It smells like some kind of caulk or paint or
something similar. I'm assuming there must be acetaldehyde present (dissolved) or produced from some types of indoor construction products. Does
anyone know which?
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Acetic acid is present in silicone sealant/caulking as a setting agent. Thats about as close as I can think to acetaldehyde, which may be contaminated
with small quantities of AcOH if you;re making it yourself.
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DAP latex caulk contains acetaldehyde.
So there you go!
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Just curious, how do you make acetaldehyde? Chromium oxidants? Or a more elaborate method?
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I can smell acetaldehyde when ethanol is added to a manganese persulfate solution. I think this would be a good way to get acetaldehyde, but I think
most people use chromium oxidants with ethanol.
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I too have experianced this but have never had the ability to isolate any formed acetaldahyde. I would think that MAA oxidiser should work equaly as
well.
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Just the usual Cr(+6) oxidation.
You've probably already seen this, but if acetaldehyde is what you are after this thread has a good discussion of ways to prepare it.
http://www.sciencemadness.org/talk/viewthread.php?tid=55
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