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Online Edition: "Specifications for Flavourings"
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| Flavouring |
Ethyl hexanoate |
| Synonym(s) |
Ethyl caproate
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| Latest JECFA evaluation |
1996 (Session 46)
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| Status of specification |
Full |
| Chemical name |
Ethyl hexanoate
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| JECFA number |
31 |
| CAS number |
123-66-0
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| FEMA number |
2439
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| COE number |
310
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| FLAVIS number |
-
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| Molecular weight |
144.21 |
| Chemical formula |
C8H16O2
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| Physical form/odour |
Colourless liquid with a wine-like odour |
| Solubility |
Soluble in most fixed oils and in propylene glycol, insoluble in water and glycerol |
| Solubility in ethanol |
1ml in 2ml 70% ethanol |
| Boiling point (°C) |
166ยบ |
| Assay min % |
98.0 |
| Acid value max |
1.0 |
| Refractive index |
1.406 - 1.409 |
| Specific gravity |
0.867 - 0.871 |
| Other requirements |
- |
| ID Test |
IR |
| Spectrum |
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