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Online Edition: "Specifications for Flavourings"
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| Flavouring |
Undecanal |
| Synonym(s) |
Aldehyde C-11 undecyclic
n-Undecyl aldehyde
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| Latest JECFA evaluation |
2003 (Session 61)
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| Status of specification |
Full |
| Chemical name |
Undecanal
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| JECFA number |
107 |
| CAS number |
112-44-7
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| FEMA number |
3092
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| COE number |
121
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| FLAVIS number |
05.034
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| Molecular weight |
170.3 |
| Chemical formula |
C11H22O
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| Physical form/odour |
colourless to slightly yellow liquid/sweet, fatty, floral odour |
| Solubility |
soluble in most fixed oils, propylene glycol; insoluble in glycerol, water |
| Solubility in ethanol |
1 ml in 5 ml of 70% alcohol |
| Boiling point (°C) |
223 |
| Assay min % |
92 |
| Acid value max |
10 |
| Refractive index |
1.430-1.435 |
| Specific gravity |
0.825-0.832 |
| Other requirements |
SC: 2-methyldecanal |
| ID Test |
IR |
| Spectrum |
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