SHEET /m/benzaldehyde · PubChem CID 240 · CAS 100-52-7 · REV 2026.07
Benzaldehyde
from sourceC7H6O · 106.12 g/mol
BEZ · benzoic acid aldehyde · phenylformaldehyde · benzenecarboxaldehyde
What is Benzaldehyde?
The smell of almond extract, marzipan, and cherry candy. It is the harmless part of what bitter almonds release when crushed. from source
Fig. 1 · 2D structure RDKit
C1=CC=C(C=C1)C=OThe dose makes the poison inferred
A reported rat oral LD50 for Benzaldehyde is 1,300 mg/kg, the dose lethal to half the animals tested. Scaled by body mass alone:
“The dose makes the poison” is a cross-species estimate shown as neutral science, not a threshold anyone should act on. Real toxicity depends on the person, not body mass alone.
Toxicity & hazards
Toxicity · LD50
1,300 mg/kg · low toxicity · LD50 rat oral from source
The dose lens above scales this to a body weight.
3 more reported values
- 1,000 mg/kgLD50 · oral · guinea pig
- 1,430 mg/kgLD50 · oral · rat
- 1,250 mg/kgLD50 · dermal · rabbit
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