|
Food safety and quality
|
|
|
| |
| Flavouring |
Ethyl 4-(methylthio)butyrate |
| Synonym(s) |
|
| Latest JECFA evaluation |
1999 (Session 53) |
| Status of specification |
Full |
| Information required |
|
| Chemical name |
Ethyl 4-(methylthio)butyrate |
| JECFA number |
477 |
| CAS number |
22014-48-8 |
| FEMA number |
3681 |
| COE number |
|
| FLAVIS number |
|
| Molecular weight |
162.25 |
| Chemical formula |
C7H14O2S |
| Physical form/odour |
colourless liquid with pungent sulfury odour |
| Solubility |
soluble in water; miscible in fats |
| Solubility in ethanol |
|
| Boiling point (°C) |
95° (15 mm Hg) |
| Assay min % |
97% |
| Acid value max |
|
| Refractive index |
1.459 (23°) |
| Specific gravity |
0.995-1.046 (d20/4) |
| Other requirements |
|
| ID Test |
IR |
| Spectrum |
 
|
|
|
|
![](../typo3conf/ext/dyna_fef/download.php?dfile=/work/htdocs/disseminationtypo3/web/fileadmin/user_upload/jecfa/img/<a href="http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/jecfa/img/477.gif" target=_blank><img src="http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/jecfa/img/477.gif" width="60px;"></a><br>&dname=<a href="http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/jecfa/img/477.gif" target=_blank><img src="http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/jecfa/img/477.gif" width="60px;"></a><br> "Download")
![](fileadmin/user_upload/jecfa/img/<a href="http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/jecfa/img/477.gif" target=_blank><img src="http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/jecfa/img/477.gif" width="60px;"></a><br>)