I got a positive result on the Schiff’s test with clove oil. What is the aldehyde present?
An important component of the oil, although present in small quantities, is vanillin aldehyde 4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzoic, one of the most popular fragrance compounds.
Clove oil is a mixture of different compounds, with the three main active ingredients being eugenol, eugenyl acetate and caryophyllene.
The Schiff test is a chemical test used to check for the presence of aldehydes in a given analyte. This is done by reacting the analyte with a small quantity of a Schiff reagent (which is the product formed in certain dye formulation reactions such as the reaction between sodium bisulfite and fuchsin ).
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