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Online Edition: "Specifications for Flavourings"
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| Flavouring |
Hexyl 2-butenoate |
| Synonym(s) |
Hexenyl crotonate
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| Latest JECFA evaluation |
2008 (Session 69)
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| Status of specification |
Full |
| Chemical name |
2-Butenoic acid, hexyl ester
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| JECFA number |
1807 |
| CAS number |
19089-92-0
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| FEMA number |
3354
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| COE number |
10688
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| FLAVIS number |
09.266
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| Molecular weight |
170.25 |
| Chemical formula |
C10H18O2
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| Physical form/odour |
Colourless liquid; Fruity aroma |
| Solubility |
Insoluble in water, propylene glycol; soluble in most fixed oils |
| Solubility in ethanol |
Soluble |
| Boiling point (°C) |
96-98 (15 mm Hg) |
| Assay min % |
95 |
| Acid value max |
1.0 |
| Refractive index |
1.428-1.442 |
| Specific gravity |
0.880-0.905 |
| Other requirements |
- |
| ID Test |
NMR |
| Spectrum |
http://www.fao.org/ag/agn/jecfa-flav/img/jecfa69/1807-nmr.gif
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