In 1834, the molecular formula of Cinnamaldehyde was first discovered by two French chemists, Jean Baptiste André Dumas (1800-1884) and Eugéne Melchior Péligot (1811-1890). The structural formula of Cinnamaldehyde was determined by Emil Erlenmeyer (1825-1909), a German chemist, in 1866.
Cinnamaldehyde occurs naturally in the bark of cinnamon trees of the genus Cinnamomum, Cinnamomum zeylanicum, Cinnamomum cassia, and Cinnamomum camphor. Native to Sri Lanka and India, the most prevalent cinnamon tree, Cinnamomum zeylanicum, is now cultivated in other countries including Brazil, Jamaica, and Mauritius. Cinnamomum cassia and Cinnamomum camphor originated in China and are currently grown in various regions of eastern and southern Asia.
In order to extract Cinnamaldehyde from Cinnamomum cassia, Cinnamomum camphor, and Cinnamomum zeylanicum, the bark of each tree is treated with steam. As the steam cools, condenses, and softens the bark, Cinnamaldehyde becomes able to be extracted from the bark. Cinnamaldehyde can also be produced artificially. This alternative way of gathering Cinnamaldehyde is through synthesis, reacting benzaldehyde (C6H5CHO) with acetaldehyde (CH3CHO).
1. Chemist Dumas
Dumas, son of the town clerk of Alafas, was educated at the classical collage in that southern town and then was apprenticed to an apothecary. In 1816 he emigrated to Geneva, where he studied pharmacy and was taught chemistry by Gaspard de La Rive, physics by Marc Pictet, and botany by Augustin de Candolle. He was given permission to conduct experiments in the chemical laboratory of Le Royer, a local pharmaceutical firm. And he invented cinnamaldehyde structure in 1884.
2. Chiozza
Justus, baron von Liebig, (born May 12, 1803, Darmstadt, Hesse-Darmstadt [Germany] died April 18, 1873, Munich, Bavaria), German chemist who made significant contributions to the analysis of organic compounds, the organization of laboratory-based chemistry education, and the application of chemistry to biology (biochemistry) and agriculture. and he finished the experimence of cinnamaldehyde
