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Online Edition: "Specifications for Flavourings"
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| Flavouring |
Heptanoic acid |
| Synonym(s) |
Enanthic Acid
Heptoic acid
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| Latest JECFA evaluation |
1997 (Session 49)
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| Status of specification |
Full |
| Chemical name |
Heptanoic acid
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| JECFA number |
96 |
| CAS number |
111-14-8
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| FEMA number |
3348
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| COE number |
28
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| FLAVIS number |
-
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| Molecular weight |
130.18 |
| Chemical formula |
C7H14O2
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| Physical form/odour |
colourless oily liquid/ disagreeable rancid, sour, fatty odour |
| Solubility |
slightly soluble in water; soluble in alcohol, ether, acetone, nitric acid, and dimethyl sulfoxide |
| Solubility in ethanol |
- |
| Boiling point (°C) |
223 |
| Assay min % |
98.0 |
| Acid value max |
422-430 |
| Refractive index |
1.421-1.425 |
| Specific gravity |
0.915-0.920 (20°/20°) |
| Other requirements |
Congealing Point: -6.26°; Melting Point: -7.5° |
| ID Test |
IR |
| Spectrum |
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