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Food safety and quality
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| Flavouring |
Diethyl succinate |
| Synonym(s) |
Ethyl succinate;Diethyl ethanedicarboxylate |
| Latest JECFA evaluation |
2002 (Session 59) |
| Status of specification |
Full |
| Information required |
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| Chemical name |
Diethyl butanedioate |
| JECFA number |
617 |
| CAS number |
123-25-1 |
| FEMA number |
2377 |
| COE number |
438 |
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| Molecular weight |
174.2 |
| Chemical formula |
C8H14O4 |
| Physical form/odour |
colourless mobile liquid with faint pleasant odour |
| Solubility |
1 mL in 50 mL water; miscible in alcohol, ether, oils |
| Solubility in ethanol |
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| Boiling point (°C) |
216-218° |
| Assay min % |
98% |
| Acid value max |
2 |
| Refractive index |
1.418-1.423 |
| Specific gravity |
1.031-1.041 |
| Other requirements |
[Diethyl maleate: max. 0.03%; Water: max. 0.05%] |
| ID Test |
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