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Online Edition: "Specifications for Flavourings"
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| Flavouring |
Ethyl heptanoate |
| Synonym(s) |
Ethyl oenanthate
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| Latest JECFA evaluation |
1996 (Session 46)
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| Status of specification |
Full |
| Chemical name |
Ethyl heptanoate
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| JECFA number |
32 |
| CAS number |
106-30-9
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| FEMA number |
2437
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| COE number |
365
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| FLAVIS number |
-
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| Molecular weight |
158.24 |
| Chemical formula |
C9H18O2
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| Physical form/odour |
Colourless liquid with a wine, brandy-like odour |
| Solubility |
Slightly soluble in most fixed oils and in propylene glycol, insoluble in water and glycerol |
| Solubility in ethanol |
1ml in 3ml 70% ethanol |
| Boiling point (°C) |
189º; 72% azeotrope at 98.5º |
| Assay min % |
98.0 |
| Acid value max |
1.0 |
| Refractive index |
1.411 - 1.415 |
| Specific gravity |
0.867 - 0.872 |
| Other requirements |
- |
| ID Test |
IR |
| Spectrum |
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