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Online Edition: "Specifications for Flavourings"
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| Flavouring |
Undecanoic acid |
| Synonym(s) |
n-Undecylic acid
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| Latest JECFA evaluation |
2000 (Session 55)
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| Status of specification |
Full |
| Chemical name |
Undecanoic acid
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| JECFA number |
108 |
| CAS number |
112-37-8
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| FEMA number |
3245
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| COE number |
696
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| FLAVIS number |
-
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| Molecular weight |
186.29 |
| Chemical formula |
C11H22O2
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| Physical form/odour |
colourless crystals/ faint fatty, aldehydic odour |
| Solubility |
Insoluble in water; very soluble in alcohol, chloroform, acetone |
| Solubility in ethanol |
- |
| Boiling point (°C) |
284 |
| Assay min % |
99 |
| Acid value max |
295-301 |
| Refractive index |
1.4355 (30°) |
| Specific gravity |
0.9948 (20°/20°) |
| Other requirements |
Melting point: 33-38° |
| ID Test |
IR |
| Spectrum |
http://www.fao.org/ag/agn/jecfa-flav/img/img/108.gif
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