Vanillin

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Vanillin
Skeletal formula of a vanillin minor tautomer
Skeletal formula of a vanillin minor tautomer
Spacefill model of a vanillin minor tautomer
Spacefill model of a vanillin minor tautomer
Names
Preferred IUPAC name
4-Hydroxy-3-methoxybenzaldehyde
Other names
Vanillin[1]
Methyl vanillin[1]
Vanillic aldehyde[2]
Identifiers
3D model (
JSmol
)
3DMet
472792
ChEBI
ChEMBL
ChemSpider
ECHA InfoCard
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EC Number
  • 204-465-2
3596
IUPHAR/BPS
KEGG
MeSH vanillin
RTECS number
  • YW5775000
UNII
  • InChI=1S/C8H8O3/c1-11-8-4-6(5-9)2-3-7(8)10/h2-5,8H,1H3 ☒N
    Key: MWOOGOJBHIARFG-UHFFFAOYSA-N ☒N
  • InChI=1/C8H8O3/c1-11-8-4-6(5-9)2-3-7(8)10/h2-5,10H,1H3
    Key: MWOOGOJBHIARFG-UHFFFAOYAS
  • c1(C=O)cc(OC)c(O)cc1
Properties
C8H8O3
Molar mass 152.149 g·mol−1
Appearance White crystals
Odor Vanilla, sweet, balsamic, pleasant
Density 1.056 g/cm3[3]
Melting point 81 °C (178 °F; 354 K)[3]
Boiling point 285 °C (545 °F; 558 K)[3]
10 g/L
log P 1.208
Vapor pressure >1 Pa
Acidity (pKa) 7.781
Basicity (pKb) 6.216
Structure
Monoclinic
Thermochemistry
Std enthalpy of
combustion
(ΔcH⦵298)
 −3.828 MJ/mol
Hazards
GHS labelling:
GHS07: Exclamation mark
Warning
H302, H317, H319
P280, P305+P351+P338
NFPA 704 (fire diamond)
NFPA 704 four-colored diamondHealth 1: Exposure would cause irritation but only minor residual injury. E.g. turpentineFlammability 1: Must be pre-heated before ignition can occur. Flash point over 93 °C (200 °F). E.g. canola oilInstability 0: Normally stable, even under fire exposure conditions, and is not reactive with water. E.g. liquid nitrogenSpecial hazards (white): no code
1
1
0
Flash point 147 °C (297 °F; 420 K)
Safety data sheet (SDS) ICSC 1740
Related compounds
Related compounds
Anisaldehyde
Apocynin
Eugenol
Phenol
Vanillyl alcohol
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Vanillin is an

vanilla bean. Synthetic vanillin is now used more often than natural vanilla extract as a flavoring
in foods, beverages, and pharmaceuticals.

Vanillin and ethylvanillin are used by the food industry; ethylvanillin is more expensive, but has a stronger note. It differs from vanillin by having an ethoxy group (−O−CH2CH3) instead of a methoxy group (−O−CH3).

Natural vanilla extract is a mixture of several hundred different compounds in addition to vanillin. Artificial vanilla flavoring is often a solution of pure vanillin, usually of synthetic origin. Because of the scarcity and expense of natural vanilla extract, synthetic preparation of its predominant component has long been of interest. The first commercial synthesis of vanillin began with the more readily available natural compound eugenol (4-allyl-2-methoxyphenol). Today, artificial vanillin is made either from guaiacol or lignin.

Vanillin crystals extracted from vanilla extract

Lignin-based artificial vanilla flavoring is alleged to have a richer flavor profile than that from guiacol-based artificial vanilla; the difference is due to the presence of

acetovanillone, a minor component in the lignin-derived product that is not found in vanillin synthesized from guaiacol.[4]

History

Although it is generally accepted that vanilla was domesticated in

paper stating that vanillin residue had been discovered inside jars within a tomb in Israel dating to the 2nd millennium BCE, suggesting the possible cultivation of an unidentified, Old World-endemic Vanilla species in Canaan since the Middle Bronze Age.[5][6] Traces of vanillin were also found in wine jars in Jerusalem, which were used by the Judahite elite before the city was destroyed in 586 BCE.[6]

Vanilla beans, called tlilxochitl, were discovered and cultivated as a flavoring for beverages by native Mesoamerican peoples, most famously the Totonacs of modern-day Veracruz, Mexico. Since at least the early 15th century, the Aztecs used vanilla as a flavoring for chocolate in drinks called xocohotl.[7]

Vanillin was first isolated as a relatively pure substance in 1858 by Théodore Nicolas Gobley, who obtained it by evaporating a vanilla extract to dryness and recrystallizing the resulting solids from hot water.[8] In 1874, the German scientists Ferdinand Tiemann and Wilhelm Haarmann deduced its chemical structure, at the same time finding a synthesis for vanillin from coniferin, a glucoside of isoeugenol found in pine bark.[9] Tiemann and Haarmann founded a company Haarmann and Reimer (now part of Symrise) and started the first industrial production of vanillin using their process (now known as the Reimer–Tiemann reaction) in Holzminden, Germany. In 1876, Karl Reimer synthesized vanillin (2) from guaiacol (1).[10]

Total synthesis of vanillin by Reimer

By the late 19th century, semisynthetic vanillin derived from the eugenol found in

clove oil was commercially available.[11]

Synthetic vanillin became significantly more available in the 1930s, when production from clove oil was supplanted by production from the

Thorold, Ontario, supplied 60% of the world market for synthetic vanillin.[12] However, subsequent developments in the wood pulp industry have made its lignin wastes less attractive as a raw material for vanillin synthesis. Today, approximately 15% of the world's production of vanillin is still made from lignin wastes,[13] while approximately 85% synthesized in a two-step process from the petrochemical precursors guaiacol and glyoxylic acid.[14][15]

Beginning in 2000,

USD$700/kg, this product, sold under the trademarked name Rhovanil Natural, is not cost-competitive with petrochemical vanillin, which sells for around US$15/kg.[16]
However, unlike vanillin synthesized from lignin or guaiacol, it can be labeled as a natural flavoring.

Occurrence

These green seed pods contain vanillin only in its glucoside form, and lack the characteristic odor of vanilla.

Vanillin is most prominent as the principal flavor and aroma compound in vanilla. Cured vanilla pods contain about 2% by dry weight vanillin. On cured pods of high quality, relatively pure vanillin may be visible as a white dust or "frost" on the exterior of the pod.

It is also found in Leptotes bicolor, a species of orchid native to Paraguay and southern Brazil,[17] and the Southern Chinese red pine.

At lower concentrations, vanillin contributes to the flavor and aroma profiles of foodstuffs as diverse as olive oil,[18] butter,[19] raspberry,[20] and lychee[21] fruits.

Aging in

spirits.[23]

In other foods, heat treatment generates vanillin from other compounds. In this way, vanillin contributes to the flavor and aroma of

whole-grain products, including corn tortillas[27] and oatmeal.[28]

Chemistry

Natural production

Natural vanillin is extracted from the seed pods of Vanilla planifolia, a vining orchid native to Mexico, but now grown in tropical areas around the globe. Madagascar is presently the largest producer of natural vanillin.

As harvested, the green seed pods contain vanillin in the form of its β-D-glucoside; the green pods do not have the flavor or odor of vanilla.[29]

β-D-glucoside of vanillin

After being harvested, their flavor is developed by a months-long curing process, the details of which vary among vanilla-producing regions, but in broad terms it proceeds as follows:

First, the seed pods are blanched in hot water, to arrest the processes of the living plant tissues. Then, for 1–2 weeks, the pods are alternately sunned and sweated: during the day they are laid out in the sun, and each night wrapped in cloth and packed in airtight boxes to sweat. During this process, the pods become dark brown, and enzymes in the pod release vanillin as the free molecule. Finally, the pods are dried and further aged for several months, during which time their flavors further develop. Several methods have been described for curing vanilla in days rather than months, although they have not been widely developed in the natural vanilla industry,[30] with its focus on producing a premium product by established methods, rather than on innovations that might alter the product's flavor profile.

Biosynthesis

Some of the proposed routes of vanillin biosynthesis

Although the exact route of vanillin biosynthesis in V. planifolia is currently unknown, several pathways are proposed for its biosynthesis. Vanillin biosynthesis is generally agreed to be part of the

radiolabelled precursor indicated that p-hydroxybenzaldehyde is not used to synthesise vanillin or vanillin glucoside in the vanilla orchids.[32]

Chemical synthesis

The demand for vanilla flavoring has long exceeded the supply of vanilla beans. As of 2001[update], the annual demand for vanillin was 12,000 tons, but only 1,800 tons of natural vanillin were produced.

wood pulp.[12] Counterintuitively, though it uses waste materials, the lignin process is no longer popular because of environmental concerns, and today most vanillin is produced from the petrochemical raw material guaiacol.[12] Several routes exist for synthesizing vanillin from guaiacol.[35]

At present, the most significant of these is the two-step process practiced by Rhodia since the 1970s, in which guaiacol (1) reacts with glyoxylic acid by electrophilic aromatic substitution.[36] The resulting vanillylmandelic acid (2) is then converted by 4-Hydroxy-3-methoxyphenylglyoxylic acid (3) to vanillin (4) by oxidative decarboxylation.[14]

Wood-based vanillin

15% of the world's production of vanillin is produced from lignosulfonates, a byproduct from the manufacture of cellulose via the sulfite process.[12][13] The sole producer of wood-based vanillin is the company Borregaard located in Sarpsborg, Norway.

Wood-based vanillin is produced by copper-catalyzed oxidation of the lignin structures in lignosulfonates under alkaline conditions[37] and is claimed by the manufacturing company to be preferred by their customers due to, among other reasons, its much lower carbon footprint than petrochemically synthesized vanillin.

Fermentation

The company Evolva has developed a genetically modified microorganism which can produce vanillin. Because the microbe is a processing aid, the resulting vanillin would not fall under U.S. GMO labeling requirements, and because the production is nonpetrochemical, food using the ingredient can claim to contain "no artificial ingredients".[38]

Using ferulic acid as an input and a specific non GMO species of Amycolatopsis bacteria, natural vanillin can be produced.

Biochemistry

Several studies have suggested that vanillin can affect the performance of

antibiotics in laboratory conditions.[39][40]

Uses

Butter-vanilla flavoring

The largest use of vanillin is as a flavoring, usually in

baked goods.[41]

Vanillin is also used in the fragrance industry, in perfumes, and to mask unpleasant odors or tastes in medicines, livestock fodder, and cleaning products.[14] It is also used in the flavor industry, as a very important key note for many different flavors, especially creamy profiles such as cream soda.

Additionally, vanillin can be used as a general-purpose stain for visualizing spots on thin-layer chromatography plates. This stain yields a range of colors for these different components.

Vanillin–HCl staining can be used to visualize the localisation of tannins in cells.

Vanillin is becoming a popular choice for the development of bio-based plastics.[42]

Manufacturing

Vanillin has been used as a chemical intermediate in the production of

fine chemicals.[43] In 1970, more than half the world's vanillin production was used in the synthesis of other chemicals.[12] As of 2016, vanillin uses have expanded to include perfumes, flavoring and aromatic masking in medicines, various consumer and cleaning products, and livestock foods.[44]

Adverse effects

Vanillin can trigger

migraine headaches in a small fraction of the people who experience migraines.[45]

Some people have

allergic reactions to vanilla.[46] They may be allergic to synthetically produced vanilla but not to natural vanilla, or the other way around, or to both.[47]

Vanilla orchid plants can trigger contact dermatitis, especially among people working in the vanilla trade if they come into contact with the plant's sap.[47] An allergic contact dermatitis called vanillism produces swelling and redness, and sometimes other symptoms.[47] The sap of most species of vanilla orchid which exudes from cut stems or where beans are harvested can cause moderate to severe dermatitis if it comes in contact with bare skin. The sap of vanilla orchids contains calcium oxalate crystals, which are thought to be the main causative agent of contact dermatitis in vanilla plantation workers.[48][49]

A

tiny mites.[47]

Ecology

oviposition.[50]

See also

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b Field, Simon Quellen. "Vanillin". sci-toys.com.
  2. ^ CID 1183 from PubChem.
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  4. ^ According to Esposito 1997, blind taste-testing panels cannot distinguish between the flavors of synthetic vanillin from lignin and those from guaicol, but can distinguish the odors of these two types of synthetic vanilla extracts. Guaiacol vanillin, adulterated with acetovanillone, has an odor indistinguishable from lignin vanillin.
  5. S2CID 181608839
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  6. ^
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  7. ^ MexicanVanilla.com. "Mexican Vanilla - A History". MexicanVanilla.com. Retrieved 2022-06-14.
  8. ^ Gobley 1858.
  9. ^ Tiemann 1874.
  10. ^ Reimer 1876.
  11. ^ According to Hocking 1997, synthetic vanillin was sold commercially in 1874, the same year Tiemann and Haarmann's original synthesis was published. Haarmann and Reimer, one of the corporate ancestors of the modern flavor and aroma manufacturer Symrise, was in fact established in 1874. However, Esposito 1997 claims that synthetic vanillin first became available in 1894 when Rhône-Poulenc (since 1998, Rhodia) entered the vanillin business. If the former claim is correct, the authors of the latter article, being employees of Rhône-Poulenc, may have been unaware of any previous vanillin manufacture.
  12. ^ a b c d e Hocking 1997.
  13. ^ a b Fache et al 2015
  14. ^ a b c Esposito 1997.
  15. ^ Kamlet, Jonas & Mathieson, Olin (1953). Manufacture of vanillin and its homologues U.S. Patent 2,640,083 (PDF). U.S. Patent Office.
  16. ^ Rouhi 2003.
  17. ^ "Leptotes bicolor". Flora Library. Retrieved 2011-08-21.
  18. ^ Brenes 1999.
  19. ^ Adahchour 1999.
  20. ^ Roberts 1996.
  21. ^ Ong 1998.
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  27. ^ Buttery 1995.
  28. ^ Guth 1993.
  29. ^ a b Walton 2003.
  30. ^ Dignum 2001 reviews several such proposed innovations in vanilla processing, including processes in which the seed pods are chopped, frozen, warmed by a heat source other than the sun, or crushed and treated by various enzymes. Whether or not these procedures produce a product whose taste is comparable to traditionally prepared natural vanilla, many of them are incompatible with the customs of the natural vanilla market, in which the vanilla beans are sold whole, and graded by, among other factors, their length.
  31. ^ Dixon, R. A. (2014). "Vanillin Biosynthesis – Not as simple as it seems?" (PDF). Handbook of Vanilla Science and Technology: 292.
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  34. ^ Hocking 1997. This chemical process can be conveniently carried out on the laboratory scale using the procedure described by Lampman 1977.
  35. ^ Van Ness 1983.
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  37. ^ Bjørsvik and Minisci 1999
  38. ^ Bomgardner, Melody M. (2016-09-14). "The Problem with Vanilla". Scientific American. Retrieved 2020-10-19.
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  41. ^ FRIDGE 2004, p. 33.
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  44. ^ "Global Vanillin Market Research Report – Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast 2015–2022". PRNewsire. 14 September 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
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  46. ^ A. H. van Assendelft, "Adverse drug reactions checklist" in the British Medical Journal, February 28th, 1987, pp. 576–577.
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  48. ^ "Vanilla planifolia Andrews - Plants of the World Online - Kew Science". powo.science.kew.org. Archived from the original on 22 November 2017.
  49. ^ "Vanillin". Plants for a Future. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017.
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