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Online Edition: "Specifications for Flavourings"
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| Flavouring |
Benzyl mercaptan |
| Synonym(s) |
Benzenemethanethiol
Benzylthiol
alpha-Mercaptoluene
Thiobenzyl alcohol
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| Latest JECFA evaluation |
1999 (Session 53)
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| Status of specification |
Full |
| Chemical name |
Phenylmethanethiol
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| JECFA number |
526 |
| CAS number |
100-53-8
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| FEMA number |
2147
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| COE number |
477
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| FLAVIS number |
-
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| Molecular weight |
124.2 |
| Chemical formula |
C7H8S
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| Physical form/odour |
colourless or pale-straw-colored mobile liquid with repulsive garlic-like odour |
| Solubility |
insoluble in water; soluble in oils |
| Solubility in ethanol |
1 ml in 1 ml 95% alcohol |
| Boiling point (°C) |
194-195 |
| Assay min % |
98 |
| Acid value max |
- |
| Refractive index |
1.573-1.578 |
| Specific gravity |
1.050-1.058 |
| Other requirements |
- |
| ID Test |
IR |
| Spectrum |
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