Citral was synthesized by catalytical rearrangement of dehydrolinalool in toluene solution with the present of molybdenyl acetylacetonate, benzoic acid and dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO).

• 摘要采用脱氢芳樟醇为原料，在乙酰丙酮酸钼、苯甲酸、二甲基亚砜(DMSO)的甲苯溶液中催化重排合成柠檬醛，考察了柠檬醛在不同体系中的热敏性。