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Online Edition: "Specifications for Flavourings"
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| Flavouring |
3-Hexenyl phenylacetate |
| Synonym(s) |
3-Hexenyl alpha toluate
beta, gammma-Hexenyl alpha-toluate
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| Latest JECFA evaluation |
2002 (Session 59)
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| Status of specification |
Full |
| Chemical name |
3-Hexenyl phenylacetate
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| JECFA number |
1016 |
| CAS number |
42436-07-7
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| FEMA number |
3633
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| COE number |
10682
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| FLAVIS number |
-
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| Molecular weight |
218.3 |
| Chemical formula |
C14H18O2
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| Physical form/odour |
Colourless, slighty viscous liquid; mild and sweet, green-rosy-mossy odour |
| Solubility |
Insoluble in water; soluble in oils |
| Solubility in ethanol |
Miscible at room temperature |
| Boiling point (°C) |
299° |
| Assay min % |
97 |
| Acid value max |
1.0 |
| Refractive index |
1.497-1.504 |
| Specific gravity |
0.996-1.004 |
| Other requirements |
[predominantly (>90%) cis-isomer] |
| ID Test |
NMR |
| Spectrum |
http://www.fao.org/ag/agn/jecfa-flav/img/img/1016.gif
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