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Online Edition: "Specifications for Flavourings"
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| Flavouring |
Allyl butyrate |
| Synonym(s) |
Allyl butanoate
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| Latest JECFA evaluation |
1996 (Session 46)
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| Status of specification |
Full |
| Chemical name |
2-Propenyl butyrate
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| JECFA number |
2 |
| CAS number |
2051-78-7
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| FEMA number |
2021
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| COE number |
280
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| FLAVIS number |
-
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| Molecular weight |
128.17 |
| Chemical formula |
C7H12O2
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| Physical form/odour |
Colourless liquid with a peach/apricot odour |
| Solubility |
Insoluble in water and soluble in ethanol and oils |
| Solubility in ethanol |
- |
| Boiling point (°C) |
44-45° at 15mm Hg |
| Assay min % |
98.0 |
| Acid value max |
1.0 |
| Refractive index |
1.412 - 1.418 |
| Specific gravity |
0.897 - 0.902 |
| Other requirements |
None |
| ID Test |
IR |
| Spectrum |
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