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Online Edition: "Specifications for Flavourings"
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| Flavouring |
Hexanal |
| Synonym(s) |
Aldehyde C-6
Caproic aldehyde
Hexaldehyde
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| Latest JECFA evaluation |
1997 (Session 49)
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| Status of specification |
Full |
| Chemical name |
Hexanal
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| JECFA number |
92 |
| CAS number |
66-25-1
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| FEMA number |
2557
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| COE number |
96
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| FLAVIS number |
-
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| Molecular weight |
100.16 |
| Chemical formula |
C6H12O
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| Physical form/odour |
almost colourless liquid/fatty-green, grassy odour |
| Solubility |
very slightly soluble in water; miscible with alcohol, propylene glycol, most fixed oils |
| Solubility in ethanol |
- |
| Boiling point (°C) |
131 |
| Assay min % |
97.0 |
| Acid value max |
10.0 |
| Refractive index |
1.402-1.407 |
| Specific gravity |
0.808-0.817 |
| Other requirements |
- |
| ID Test |
IR |
| Spectrum |
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