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Online Edition: "Specifications for Flavourings"
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| Flavouring |
Nerolidol |
| Synonym(s) |
Methyl vinyl homogeranyl carbinol
3,7-11-Trimethyl-1,6-10-dodecatrien-3-ol
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| Latest JECFA evaluation |
2007 (Session 68)
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| Status of specification |
Full |
| Chemical name |
3,7,11-Trimethyl-1,6(cis),10-dodecatrien-3-ol
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| JECFA number |
1646 |
| CAS number |
7212-44-4
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| FEMA number |
2772
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| COE number |
-
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| FLAVIS number |
02.018
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| Molecular weight |
222.37 |
| Chemical formula |
C15H26O
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| Physical form/odour |
Colourless or very pale straw-coloured oily liquid; Faint woody-floral, slightly rose apple aroma |
| Solubility |
Soluble in most fixed oils and propylene glycol; slightly soluble in water; insoluble in glycerol |
| Solubility in ethanol |
Soluble |
| Boiling point (°C) |
275-277° |
| Assay min % |
97% |
| Acid value max |
- |
| Refractive index |
1.478-1.483 |
| Specific gravity |
0.872-0.879 |
| Other requirements |
- |
| ID Test |
HNMR |
| Spectrum |
http://www.fao.org/ag/agn/jecfa-flav/img/jecfa68/1646-hnmr.gif
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