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Food safety and quality
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| Flavouring |
2-Nonenal |
| Synonym(s) |
Heptylidene acetaldehyde;2-Nonen-1-al;Iris aldehyde;3-Hexyl acrolein |
| Latest JECFA evaluation |
2004 (Session 63) |
| Status of specification |
Full |
| Information required |
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| Chemical name |
Non-2-enal |
| JECFA number |
1362 |
| CAS number |
2463-53-8 |
| FEMA number |
3213 |
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| FLAVIS number |
05.171 |
| Molecular weight |
140.22 |
| Chemical formula |
C9H16O |
| 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 |
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