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Food safety and quality
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| Flavouring |
Terpinolene |
| Synonym(s) |
4-Isopropylidene-1-methylcyclohexene;Isoterpinene |
| Latest JECFA evaluation |
2004 (Session 63) |
| Status of specification |
Full |
| Information required |
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| Chemical name |
p-Mentha-1,4(8)-diene |
| JECFA number |
1331 |
| CAS number |
586-62-9 |
| FEMA number |
3046 |
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| FLAVIS number |
01.005 |
| Molecular weight |
136.24 |
| Chemical formula |
C10H16 |
| Physical form/odour |
Colourless or very pale straw-coloured oily liquid; sweet-piney, oily, pleasant aroma |
| Solubility |
Insoluble in water; soluble in oils |
| Solubility in ethanol |
Soluble |
| Boiling point (°C) |
183-185° |
| Assay min % |
95% |
| Acid value max |
<1.0 |
| Refractive index |
1.474-1.484 |
| Specific gravity |
0.872-0.882 |
| Other requirements |
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| ID Test |
NMR |
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