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In the Laboratory
Cinnamaldehyde by Steam Distillation of Cinnamon
Douglass F. Taber and Andrew J. Weiss
University of Delaware, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Newark, DE 19716

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May 1998
Vol. 75 No. 5
p. 633

Abstract
Powdered cinnamon foams badly on attempted steam distillation. It has been demonstrated that preliminary iterative evacuation of the aqueous mixture allows smooth distillation of cinnamaldehyde (I).

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Taber, Douglass F.; Weiss, Andrew J. J. Chem. Educ. 1998 75 633.
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