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Online Edition: "Specifications for Flavourings"
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| Flavouring |
Cuminaldehyde |
| Synonym(s) |
Cumaldehyde
Cuminal
Cuminic aldehyde
p-Isopropylbenzaldehyde
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| Latest JECFA evaluation |
2001 (Session 57)
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| Status of specification |
Full |
| Chemical name |
4-Isopropylbenzaldehye
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| JECFA number |
868 |
| CAS number |
122-03-2
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| FEMA number |
2341
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| COE number |
111
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| FLAVIS number |
-
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| Molecular weight |
148.2 |
| Chemical formula |
C10H12O
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| Physical form/odour |
colourless to pale yellow liquid with a strong, pungent, spicy, green, herbaceous odour |
| Solubility |
insoluble in water; soluble in organic solvents, oils |
| Solubility in ethanol |
miscible at room temperature |
| Boiling point (°C) |
235-236 |
| Assay min % |
95 by chemical analysis |
| Acid value max |
5.0 |
| Refractive index |
1.527-1.534 |
| Specific gravity |
0.973-0.981 |
| Other requirements |
(equivalence factor for assay = 74.04) |
| ID Test |
IR |
| Spectrum |
http://www.fao.org/ag/agn/jecfa-flav/img/img/868.gif
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