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Online Edition: "Specifications for Flavourings"
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| Flavouring |
Octyl 2-furoate |
| Synonym(s) |
Octyl 2-furancarboxylate
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| Latest JECFA evaluation |
2001 (Session 57)
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| Status of specification |
Full |
| Chemical name |
Octyl 2-furoate
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| JECFA number |
750 |
| CAS number |
39251-88-2
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| FEMA number |
3518
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| COE number |
10864
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| FLAVIS number |
-
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| Molecular weight |
224.3 |
| Chemical formula |
C13H20O3
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| Physical form/odour |
Colourless to pale straw liquid; sweet fruity heavy odour |
| Solubility |
insoluble in water; miscible in fat |
| Solubility in ethanol |
miscible |
| Boiling point (°C) |
126-127 (1 mm Hg) |
| Assay min % |
98 |
| Acid value max |
1.0 |
| Refractive index |
1.466-1.472 |
| Specific gravity |
0.984-0.990 |
| Other requirements |
- |
| ID Test |
IR |
| Spectrum |
http://www.fao.org/ag/agn/jecfa-flav/img/img/750.gif
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