2-ethyl-2-hexenal (production - butyraldehyde aldolization and subsequent dehydration)

The activity generating the emissions is 2-ethyl-2-hexenal production, butyraldehyde aldolization and subsequent dehydration. The Reference Product is 2-ethyl-2-hexenal. 2-ethyl-2-hexenal is an organic substance with a CAS no. : 645-62-5. It is called (E)-2-ethylhex-2-enal under IUPAC naming and its molecular formula is: C8H14O. It is liquid under normal conditions of temperature and pressure. It is a yellow liquid. The substance is modelled as a pure substance. Modelling this substance in a solution requires the user to add the solvent of their choice in their models. There is no publicly available information about the consumption of this substance on a consumer level. On industrial sites, the substance is used: in insecticide manufacturing, organic synthesis, and leak detection systems. The Reference Product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.12/cutoff/dataset/276012/documentation