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Online Edition: "Specifications for Flavourings"
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| Flavouring |
Benzyl 2,3-dimethylcrotonate |
| Synonym(s) |
Benzyl methyltiglate
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| Latest JECFA evaluation |
2002 (Session 59)
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| Status of specification |
Full |
| Chemical name |
Benzyl 2,3-dimethyl-trans-2-butenoate
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| JECFA number |
847 |
| CAS number |
7492-69-5
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| FEMA number |
2143
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| COE number |
11868
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| FLAVIS number |
-
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| Molecular weight |
204.27 |
| Chemical formula |
C13H16O2
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| Physical form/odour |
colourless oily liquid with a powerful, warm, herbaceous, fruity-spicy |
| Solubility |
insoluble in water; soluble in organic solvents, oils |
| Solubility in ethanol |
miscible at room temperature |
| Boiling point (°C) |
259 |
| Assay min % |
97 |
| Acid value max |
1.0 |
| Refractive index |
1.510-1.517 |
| Specific gravity |
1.017-1.023 |
| Other requirements |
- |
| ID Test |
CNMR HNMR |
| Spectrum |
http://www.fao.org/ag/agn/jecfa-flav/img/img/847-cnmr.gif
http://www.fao.org/ag/agn/jecfa-flav/img/img/847-hnmr.gif
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