实际上不溶于水，和醇、醚混溶。香叶醇在含有介孔分子筛的含铬催化的超临界二氧化碳中经过分子氧氧化，得到柠檬醛 Geraniol undergoes oxidation with molecular oxygen in supercritical carbon dioxide catalyzed by chromium containing mesoporous molecular sieve to yield citral. Geraniol was used in field evaluation of synthetic herbivore-induced plant volatiles as attractants to beneficial insects.It was used to evaluate the tumor-suppressive potency of isoprenoids in vitro and in vivo.