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Online Edition: "Specifications for Flavourings"
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| Flavouring |
Dibutyl sebacate |
| Synonym(s) |
n-Butyl sebacate
Butyl sebacate
Dibutyl 1,8-octanedicarboxylate
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| Latest JECFA evaluation |
2003 (Session 61)
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| Status of specification |
Full |
| Chemical name |
Dibutyl decanedioate
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| JECFA number |
625 |
| CAS number |
109-43-3
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| FEMA number |
2373
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| COE number |
622
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| FLAVIS number |
09.474
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| Molecular weight |
314.47 |
| Chemical formula |
C18H34O4
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| Physical form/odour |
colourless to oily liquid; fruity but very mild odour with a very faint fruity oily taste |
| Solubility |
insoluble in water; soluble in alcohol; miscible in oil |
| Solubility in ethanol |
- |
| Boiling point (°C) |
345-349; 211-212 (11 mm Hg) |
| Assay min % |
93 |
| Acid value max |
- |
| Refractive index |
1.439-1.444 |
| Specific gravity |
0.936-0.940 (20°) |
| Other requirements |
SC: butyl esters of C14, C16, C18 fatty acids |
| ID Test |
IR |
| Spectrum |
http://www.fao.org/ag/agn/jecfa-flav/img/img/625.gif
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