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Food safety and quality
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| Flavouring |
Geranyl hexanoate |
| Synonym(s) |
Geranyl caproate |
| Latest JECFA evaluation |
2001 (Session 57) |
| Status of specification |
Full |
| Information required |
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| Chemical name |
trans-3,7-Dimethyl-2,6-octadien-1-yl hexanoate |
| JECFA number |
70 |
| CAS number |
10032-02-7 |
| FEMA number |
2515 |
| COE number |
317 |
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| Molecular weight |
252.4 |
| Chemical formula |
C16H28O2 |
| Physical form/odour |
colourless liquid with a rose-geranium, pineapple, banana odour |
| Solubility |
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| Solubility in ethanol |
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| Boiling point (°C) |
240° |
| Assay min % |
95% (by ester determination) |
| Acid value max |
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| Refractive index |
1.45 |
| Specific gravity |
0.890 (15.5°) |
| Other requirements |
(equivalence factor for assay = 126.20) |
| ID Test |
IR |
| Spectrum |
 
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