What is "nonanal"

n. (context organic compound English) An alkyl aldehyde with a strong fruity or floral odour, used in flavouring and perfumery.

Nonanal, also called nonanaldehyde, pelargonaldehyde or Aldehyde C-9, is an alkyl aldehyde. A colourless, oily liquid, nonanal is a component of perfumes. Although it occurs in several natural oils, it is produced commercially by hydroformylation of 1-octene.