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Online Edition: "Specifications for Flavourings"
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| Flavouring |
Benzyl salicylate |
| Synonym(s) |
Benzyl o-hydroxybenzoate
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| Latest JECFA evaluation |
2001 (Session 57)
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| Status of specification |
Full |
| Chemical name |
Benzyl 2-hydroxybenzoate
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| JECFA number |
904 |
| CAS number |
118-58-1
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| FEMA number |
2151
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| COE number |
436
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| FLAVIS number |
-
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| Molecular weight |
228.25 |
| Chemical formula |
C14H12O3
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| Physical form/odour |
colourless oily liquid or opaque crystalline mass (tendency to supercool) with a faint, sweet, floral odour |
| Solubility |
insoluble in water, glycerol; soluble in organic solvents, oils |
| Solubility in ethanol |
miscible above 25° |
| Boiling point (°C) |
300 |
| Assay min % |
98 |
| Acid value max |
1.0 |
| Refractive index |
1.573-1.584 |
| Specific gravity |
1.173-1.183 |
| Other requirements |
mp: 24-26° |
| ID Test |
IR |
| Spectrum |
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