Citronellal
Citronellal
Citronellal
CAS-No.: 106-23-0
5949-05-3
The scope of this Standard includes, but is not limited to the CAS number(s) indicated
above; any other CAS number(s) used to identify this fragrance ingredient should be
considered in scope as well.
Synonyms: 106-23-0:
2,3-Dihydrocitral
3,7-Dimethyl-6-octenal
3,7-Dimethyloct-6-enal
6-Octenal, 3,7-dimethyl-
Citronellal Extra (Commercial name)
Rhodinal (Commercial name)
5949-05-3:
6-Octenal, 3,7-dimethyl-, (3S)-
I-Citronellal
RECOMMENDATION: RESTRICTION
Citronellal
RIFM SUMMARIES:
Additional information is available in the RIFM safety assessment for Citronellal, which can be downloaded
from the RIFM Fragrance Material Safety Assessment Center:
http://fragrancematerialsafetyresource.elsevier.com/.
The Expert Panel for Fragrance Safety reviewed all the available data for Citronellal and recommends the
concentrations for the 12 different product categories, which are the maximum acceptable concentrations
of Citronellal in the various product categories.
REFERENCES:
The IFRA Standard on Citronellal is based on at least one of the following publications:
• The RIFM Safety Assessment on Citronellal if available at the RIFM Fragrance Material Safety
Assessment Center: http://fragrancematerialsafetyresource.elsevier.com
• Api A.M., Belsito D., Bruze M., Cadby P., Calow P., Dagli M. L., Dekant W., Dent M., Ellis G., Fryer A. D.,
Citronellal
Fukayama M., Griem P., Hickey C., Kromidas L., Lalko J., Liebler D.C., Miyachi Y., Politano V.T., Renskers
K., Ritacco G., Salvito D., Schultz T.W., Sipes I. G., Smith B., Vitale D., Wilcox D.K. (2015). Criteria for the
Research Institute for Fragrance Materials, Inc. (RIFM) safety evaluation process for fragrance ingredients.
Food Chem Toxicol. 2015 Aug;82 Suppl:S1-S19
(http://fragrancematerialsafetyresource.elsevier.com/sites/default/files/Criteria_Document_Final.pdf).
• Salvito D.T., Senna R. J., Federle T.W. (2002). A framework for prioritizing fragrance materials for
aquatic risk assessment. Environ Toxicol Chem. 2002;21:1301-1308
(https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12069318).
Additional information on the application of IFRA Standards is available in the Guidance for the use of IFRA
Standards, publicly available at www.ifrafragrance.org.