Orange oil (Bitter) (CAS N° 68916-04-1)

Orange oil (Bitter)

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Orange oil (Bitter) (CAS N° 68916-04-1)

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Huile essentielle de Bigarade (Orange amère) - 30 gr

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Information Générales

General Presentation

  • CAS N° :

    68916-04-1
  • EINECS number :

    639-591-0
  • FEMA number :

    2823
  • Volatility :

    Head
  • Price Range :

    €€
Physico-chemical properties

Physico-chemical properties

  • Appearance :

    Pale yellow liquid
  • Density :

    May have variations upon origins: America -> 0,840 - 0,860 @20°C Equador -> 0,845 - 0,860 @20°C Mediterranean -> 0,840 - 0,860 @20°C
  • Refractive Index @20°C :

    May have variations upon origins: America -> 1,472 - 1,476 @20°C Equador -> 1,473 - 1,478 @20°C Mediterranean -> 1,472 - 1,476 @20°C
  • Optical rotation :

    May have variations upon origins: America -> +88° // +98° Equador -> +88° // +95° Mediterranean -> +88° // +98°
  • Vapor pressure :

    Donnée indisponible.
  • Flash Point :

    Donnée indisponible.
  • Acid Value :

Utilisation

Botanical informations

Botanical name :

Data not available.

Botanical profile :

Orange blossom is the flower of the bitter orange tree, which belongs to the Rutaceae family and the genus Citrus L.
The Rutaceae family includes all citrus fruits, as well as plants such as buchu and amyris.

Chemotypes :

The Citrus L. genus, which includes the vast majority of citrus fruits, contains a large number of varieties used in perfumery:

- Citrus × aurantium L.: Bitter orange tree, cultivated in Spain and Florida. Orange oil expressed (Bitter) / Orange oil (Bitter) / Petitgrain bigarade oil / Petitgrain bigarade absolute / Petitgrain oil (Paraguay) / Orange flower absolute (Bitter) / Orange flower concrete (Bitter) / Orange flower SFE (Bitter)
- Citrus × aurantiifolia (Christm.) Swingle: The lime tree, mostly cultivated in Mexico. Lime oil expressed / Lime oil distilled
- Citrus × bergamia Risso: The bergamot tree, a hybrid of lemon and bitter orange, cultivated for its fruit and petitgrain oils. Bergamot oil expressed / Petitgrain bergamot absolute.
- Citrus hystrix DC.: Kaffir lime, grown in Thailand and India. Kaffir lime oil.
- Citrus × junos Siebold ex Yu.Tanaka: Yuzu, produced in Japan and Korea. Yuzu oil / Citrus junos oil / Citrus junos extract
- Citrus × limon (L.) Burm.fil.: The lemon tree, cultivated in Italy for its fruit and leafy branches. Lemon oil / Lemon oil (distilled, rectified) / Petitgrain lemon oil
- Citrus × paradisi Macfad.: The grapefruit tree, of Malay origin, cultivated in Brazil and Israel for its fruit’s essential oil. Grapefruit oil / Grapefruit flower oil / Grapefruit oil expressed
- Citrus sinensis L.: The sweet orange tree, widely cultivated in Brazil and California, is the most used citrus in perfumery. Orange flower absolute (Sweet) / Orange flower concrete (Sweet) / Orange flower SFE (Sweet) / Orange cold pressed (Sweet)
- Citrus reticulata Blanco: The mandarin tree, especially cultivated in Italy for its fruit and petitgrain (leaf oil). Mandarin oil (red) / Mandarin oil (yellow) / Mandarin oil (green) / Petitgrain mandarin oil. Its hybrid with sweet orange gave rise to the clementine (Clementine oil).
- Citrus medica L.: The citron tree, grown in Sicily. Citron oil.

Utilisation

Extractions & Uses

Extraction process :

The bigaradier is a tree about 3 meters tall in adulthood, and provides fruits 7 to 8 cm in diameter.
The harvest is mechanized: a tractor passes between the rows of trees, shakes them to make the fruits fall and take them to the factory in its receptacle. The fruits are sorted mechanically and washed. The pulp and zest are separated to obtain the juice and the essential oil separately.
The extraction is done in the sfumatrice, pricking the zest to extract the aromatic compounds. The essential oil is carried away by a stream of water to be centrifuged, in order to separate the oil from the water and the debris from the peel.
The yield of the essential oil of bitter orange is between 1 and 2%.
In addition, an orange juice concentration gives an ''Oil phase '' essential oil. After the extraction of the juice and the essential oil, the leftovers of the fruit, which are called ''molasses '', allows to collect D-limonene by distillation. Finally, a fractional distillation of the essential oil allows to separately collect an orange terpenes EO and a deterpenated EO (the percentage of deterpenation is specified) which concentrates the essential oil aldehydes, for more power.

The bigaradier gives many extracts. The bitter orange gives an essential oil by cold expression of the fruit. If we treat branches and twigs by hydrodistillation, we obtain Petitgrain Bigarade EO. Finally, if we use the flower, we can obtain Orange Blossom Absolute (extraction with volatile solvent) and Neroli EO (hydrodistillation).

Uses in perfumery :

Brings an amber facet in fine fragrance. Brings an animalic and floral facet to an orange accord.

Stability :

Solubility issues in perfumes
Citruses tend to fade through time in perfumes
Limonene tends to convert into Carvone through time, and to give a minthy note to the oil

Major Components :

Pour les qualités équateur :
  • D-Limonene (92 - 95%)
  • Myrcene (1,6 - 2%)
  • Beta-pinene (0,3 - 0,8%)
  • Alpha-pinene (0,3 - 0,6%)
  • Linalyl acetate (< 0,5%)
  • Geranyl acetate (< 0,3%)
  • (E)-Beta-nerolidol (< 0,3%)
  • Aldehyde C-8 (< 0,3%)
  • Aldehyde C-10 (< 0,2%)
  • Linalool (0,1 - 0,4%)
  • Beta-caryophyllene (< 0,1%)
  • D-germacrene (< 0,1%)
  • Pour les qualités méditerranée :
  • D-Limonene (93 - 95%)
  • Myrcene (1,5 - 3%)
  • Linalyl acetate (0,5 - 1%)
  • Aldehyde C-10 (< 0,3%)
  • Beta-pinene (0,2 - 1,2%)
  • Alpha-pinene (0,2 - 0,7%)
  • Beta-caryophyllene (< 0,2%)
  • D-germacrene (< 0,2%)
  • (E)-Beta-nerolidol (< 0,2%)
  • Linalool (0,1 - 0,4%)
  • Geranyl acetate (0,1 - 0,3%)
  • Aldehyde C-8 (< 0,1%)
  • Map for Orange oil (Bitter) (CAS N° 68916-04-1)​

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    Other comments :

    The bitter orange comes from a crossing between pomelo (citrus maxima) and mandarin (citrus reticulata).
    Citrus currently suffer from a disease called ''citrus greening ''. This disease is deadly for citrus fruits and no treatment exists. It is transmitted by a vector insect that attacks young shoots: the psylla. This results in the premature death of many trees and therefore the decline in the general production of the essential oil and its quality (reduction of the D-Limonene level).

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