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Online Edition: "Specifications for Flavourings"
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| Flavouring |
alpha-Amylcinnamyl formate |
| Synonym(s) |
alpha-Amyl-beta-phenylacryl formate
alpha-Pentylcinnamyl formate
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| Latest JECFA evaluation |
2001 (Session 57)
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| Status of specification |
Full |
| Chemical name |
2-(Phenylmethylene)heptyl formate
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| JECFA number |
676 |
| CAS number |
7493-79-0
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| FEMA number |
2066
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| COE number |
357
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| FLAVIS number |
-
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| Molecular weight |
232.32 |
| Chemical formula |
C15H20O2
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| Physical form/odour |
Colourless liquid, sweet, oily herbaceous, and somewhat green odour |
| Solubility |
- |
| Solubility in ethanol |
miscible |
| Boiling point (°C) |
277 |
| Assay min % |
85% (97% total of the formate and the parent alcohol) |
| Acid value max |
- |
| Refractive index |
1.516-1.526 |
| Specific gravity |
0.980-0.999 |
| Other requirements |
- |
| ID Test |
IR |
| Spectrum |
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