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Online Edition: "Specifications for Flavourings"

Flavouring Diallyl trisulfide
Synonym(s) Allyl trisulfide
Latest JECFA evaluation 2000 (Session 55)
Status of specification Full
Chemical name Diallyl trisulfide
JECFA number 587
CAS number 2050-87-5
FEMA number 3265
COE number 486
FLAVIS number
Molecular weight 178.33
Chemical formula C6H10S3
Physical form/odour yellow liquid with disagreeable odour
Solubility insoluble in water and alcohol; miscible with ether
Solubility in ethanol
Boiling point (°C) 112-120° (16 mm Hg); 95-97° (5 mm Hg); 70° (1.0 mm Hg)
Assay min % 65% (min. 95% allyl di-, tri- and tetra-sulfides)
Acid value max
Refractive index 1.600-1.620
Specific gravity 1.135-1.170
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