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Online Edition: "Specifications for Flavourings"
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| Flavouring |
Methyl salicylate |
| Synonym(s) |
Methyl o-hydroxybenzoate
Synthetic sweet birch oil
Synthetic teaberry oil
Synthetic wintergreen oil
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| Latest JECFA evaluation |
2001 (Session 57)
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| Status of specification |
Full |
| Chemical name |
Methyl 2-hydroxybenzoate
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| JECFA number |
899 |
| CAS number |
119-36-8
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| FEMA number |
2745
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| COE number |
433
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| FLAVIS number |
-
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| Molecular weight |
152.15 |
| Chemical formula |
C8H8O3
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| Physical form/odour |
colourless to yellowish liquid with a characteristic wintergreen odour |
| Solubility |
slightly soluble in water; soluble in organic solvents, oils |
| Solubility in ethanol |
miscible at room temperature |
| Boiling point (°C) |
222 |
| Assay min % |
98 |
| Acid value max |
2.0 |
| Refractive index |
1.534-1.538 |
| Specific gravity |
1.176-1.185 |
| Other requirements |
- |
| ID Test |
IR |
| Spectrum |
http://www.fao.org/ag/agn/jecfa-flav/img/img/899.gif
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