|
Online Edition: "Specifications for Flavourings"
|
|
|
|
New search
print-friendly version
| Flavouring |
3-Mercaptohexyl acetate |
| Synonym(s) |
3-Thiohexyl acetate
3-Thiohexyl ethanoate
|
| Latest JECFA evaluation |
1999 (Session 53)
|
| Status of specification |
Full |
| Chemical name |
3-Mercaptohexyl acetate
|
| JECFA number |
554 |
| CAS number |
136954-20-6
|
| FEMA number |
3851
|
| COE number |
-
|
| FLAVIS number |
-
|
| Molecular weight |
176.28 |
| Chemical formula |
C8H16O2S
|
| Physical form/odour |
clear liquid |
| Solubility |
insoluble in water; soluble in ethanol and heptane |
| Solubility in ethanol |
- |
| Boiling point (°C) |
186 |
| Assay min % |
81.7 |
| Acid value max |
- |
| Refractive index |
1.462-1.472 |
| Specific gravity |
0.991-0.996 |
| Other requirements |
Also contains min. 8.2% 3-Mercaptohexanol and 9.7% 3-Acetylmercaptohexyl acetate |
| ID Test |
IR, MS, NMR |
| Spectrum |
http://www.fao.org/ag/agn/jecfa-flav/img/img/554.gif
|
|
