Heptanal production fluctuates and declines, market development prospects are average

Heptaldehyde, also known as heptaldehyde, n-heptaldehyde, 1-heptaldehyde, etc., exists in castor oil and can be reduced to n-heptanol and oxidized to n-heptanoic acid. Heptanal can be used in the synthesis of heptanoic acid, heptanol, amines, acetals and other substances. For example, heptaldehyde can react with chromium trioxide to obtain heptanoic acid, which can produce esters used as special lubricants; heptaldehyde can be used in Ni Under the conditions of catalyst, high temperature and high pressure, heptanol can be produced by hydrogenation, which can be used to produce plasticizers; amylcinnamic aldehyde can be synthesized from heptanal and benzyl acetal, which can be used as high-grade spices.

Heptanal can be used to produce heptanol, heptanoic acid, δ-laurolactone and other products in the field of flavors and fragrances. Among them, heptanol can be reduced by n-heptanal, or can be synthesized with n-amylmagnesium bromide and ethylene oxide; δ-Laurolactone can be synthesized from cyclopentanone and heptanal as raw materials, or from cyclopentanone and n-valeraldehyde. The substitution process of downstream products has increased the possibility of heptanal being substituted in the field of flavors and fragrances, thus restricting market sales growth.

According to the “China Heptanal Industry Market Monitoring and Future Development Prospects Research Report 2022-2026” released by the Industrial Research Center, 2018 -In 2021, China’s heptanal production will show a fluctuating downward trend, and the capacity utilization rate is not high. This is mainly due to the fact that domestic companies are producing based on orders. As downstream demand slows down and order demand is limited, the production enthusiasm of heptanal companies has declined, resulting in The output of heptanal products fluctuated and declined. In 2021, China’s heptanal industry output was 311 tons.

Heptanal is a niche chemical product. Due to factors such as limited domestic market demand and immature large-scale production processes, the number of heptanal production enterprises in my country is relatively small. Coupled with the increasingly strict environmental protection policies in the chemical industry, companies in the heptanal industry have successively withdrawn from the market, and the number of companies has shown a decreasing trend. At present, there are only a few companies in the heptanal industry in China, and the industry market concentration is high. The main production companies include Huangshan Bashui Chemical Additives Co., Ltd., Juye Zhongyue Flavors and Fragrances Co., Ltd., among which Huangshan Bashui Chemical Additives Co., Ltd. has the largest production scale.

Industry analysts said that the development prospects of heptanal are average and are mainly limited by two factors: First, at present, whether it is universities, Research institutions such as research institutes and manufacturing companies have only average enthusiasm for research on heptanal. This makes it difficult to make major breakthroughs in the production process and product applications of heptanal. The demand for heptanal will remain as it is and there will be no obvious increase. Growth; secondly, under the background of policies such as “carbon neutrality” and “carbon peaking”, China’s environmental protection policies will become increasingly strict, and the heptanaldehyde industry will produce environmental pollution during the production process. Heptanaldehyde production enterprises As a result, we are faced with various risks such as phased production suspensions or even permanent production suspensions caused by non-compliance with environmental protection standards, as well as factory relocation, and there is great pressure on development.