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Online Edition: "Specifications for Flavourings"
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| Flavouring |
Terpinyl propionate |
| Synonym(s) |
p-Menth-1-en-8-ol propionate
Menthen-1-yl-8-ate
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| Latest JECFA evaluation |
1998 (Session 51)
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| Status of specification |
Full |
| Chemical name |
p-Menth-1-en-8-yl propionate
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| JECFA number |
369 |
| CAS number |
80-27-3
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| FEMA number |
3053
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| COE number |
423
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| FLAVIS number |
-
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| Molecular weight |
210.32 |
| Chemical formula |
C13H22O2
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| Physical form/odour |
colourless to slightly yellow liquid with a sweet, floral, herbaceous, lavender-like odour |
| Solubility |
soluble in glycerol; slightly soluble in propylene glycol; insoluble in water; miscible with alcohol, chloroform, ether, most fixed oils |
| Solubility in ethanol |
1 ml in 2 ml 80% alcohol |
| Boiling point (°C) |
240 |
| Assay min % |
95.0 |
| Acid value max |
1.0 |
| Refractive index |
1.462-1.468 |
| Specific gravity |
0.947-0.952 |
| Other requirements |
- |
| ID Test |
IR |
| Spectrum |
http://www.fao.org/ag/agn/jecfa-flav/img/img/369.gif
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