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Food safety and quality
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| Flavouring |
Menthyl isovalerate |
| Synonym(s) |
Validol |
| Latest JECFA evaluation |
1998 (Session 51) |
| Status of specification |
Full |
| Information required |
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| Chemical name |
p-Menth-3-yl isovalerate |
| JECFA number |
432 |
| CAS number |
16409-46-4 |
| FEMA number |
2669 |
| COE number |
450 |
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| Molecular weight |
240.39 |
| Chemical formula |
C15H28O2 |
| Physical form/odour |
clear, colourless to pale yellowish oily liquid with a sweet herbaceous odour |
| Solubility |
insoluble in water |
| Solubility in ethanol |
1 ml in 10 ml 80% alcohol |
| Boiling point (°C) |
241° |
| Assay min % |
96% |
| Acid value max |
0.1 |
| Refractive index |
1.445-1.450 |
| Specific gravity |
0.900-0.910 |
| Other requirements |
Optical Rotation: -59° to -54° |
| ID Test |
IR |
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