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Online Edition: "Specifications for Flavourings"
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| Flavouring |
1-p-Menthene-8-thiol |
| Synonym(s) |
alpha,alpha,4-Trimethyl-3-cyclohexene-1-methanethiol
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| Latest JECFA evaluation |
2000 (Session 55)
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| Status of specification |
Full |
| Chemical name |
1-p-Menthene-8-thiol
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| JECFA number |
523 |
| CAS number |
71159-90-5
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| FEMA number |
3700
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| COE number |
-
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| FLAVIS number |
-
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| Molecular weight |
170.31 |
| Chemical formula |
C10H18S
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| Physical form/odour |
Colourless liquid with aroma and taste of grapefruit in dilute solution |
| Solubility |
slightly soluble in water, soluble in fat |
| Solubility in ethanol |
- |
| Boiling point (°C) |
37 (0.1 mm Hg); 58 (0.33 mm Hg) |
| Assay min % |
98 |
| Acid value max |
- |
| Refractive index |
1.504 |
| Specific gravity |
0.948 (20°) |
| Other requirements |
- |
| ID Test |
IR |
| Spectrum |
http://www.fao.org/ag/agn/jecfa-flav/img/img_add8/523.gif
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