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Food safety and quality
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| Flavouring |
l-Carvone |
| Synonym(s) |
laevo-Carvone, (-)-carvone |
| Latest JECFA evaluation |
2018 (Session 86) |
| Status of specification |
Tentative |
| Information required |
Safety evaluation not completed. |
| Chemical name |
p-Mentha-6,8-dien-2-one |
| JECFA number |
380.2 |
| CAS number |
6485-40-1 |
| FEMA number |
2249 |
| COE number |
146 |
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| Molecular weight |
150.22 |
| Chemical formula |
C10H14O |
| Physical form/odour |
(l-form) colourless to pale strawberry coloured liquid with a spearmint-like odour |
| Solubility |
soluble in propylene glycol and most fixed oils; insoluble in glycerol; miscible with alcohol |
| Solubility in ethanol |
1 ml in 2 ml 70% alcohol |
| Boiling point (°C) |
231° |
| Assay min % |
97% |
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| Refractive index |
1.495-1.499 |
| Specific gravity |
0.956-0.960 |
| Other requirements |
Optical rotation: -62° to -57° |
| ID Test |
IR |
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