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Online Edition: "Specifications for Flavourings"
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| Flavouring |
2-Nonenal |
| Synonym(s) |
Heptylidene acetaldehyde
3-Hexyl acrolein
Iris aldehyde
2-Nonen-1-al
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| Latest JECFA evaluation |
2004 (Session 63)
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| Status of specification |
Full |
| Chemical name |
Non-2-enal
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| JECFA number |
1362 |
| CAS number |
2463-53-8
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| FEMA number |
3213
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| COE number |
-
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| FLAVIS number |
05.171
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| Molecular weight |
140.22 |
| Chemical formula |
C9H16O
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| Physical form/odour |
White to slightly yellow liquid; Powerful, penetrating fatty, violet aroma |
| Solubility |
Soluble in most fixed oils; Insoluble in water |
| Solubility in ethanol |
Soluble |
| Boiling point (°C) |
88-90° (12 mm Hg) |
| Assay min % |
92% (sum of cis/trans isomers) |
| Acid value max |
10 |
| Refractive index |
1.454-1.460 |
| Specific gravity |
0.855-0.865 |
| Other requirements |
SC: 2-Nonenoic acid |
| ID Test |
IR |
| Spectrum |
http://www.fao.org/ag/agn/jecfa-flav/img/img/1362.gif
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