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Food safety and quality
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| Flavouring |
Benzyl mercaptan |
| Synonym(s) |
Benzylthiol;Benzenemethanethiol;Thiobenzyl alcohol;alpha-Mercaptoluene |
| Latest JECFA evaluation |
1999 (Session 53) |
| Status of specification |
Full |
| Information required |
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| Chemical name |
Phenylmethanethiol |
| JECFA number |
526 |
| CAS number |
100-53-8 |
| FEMA number |
2147 |
| COE number |
477 |
| FLAVIS number |
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| Molecular weight |
124.2 |
| Chemical formula |
C7H8S |
| Physical form/odour |
colourless or pale-straw-colored mobile liquid with repulsive garlic-like odour |
| Solubility |
insoluble in water; soluble in oils |
| Solubility in ethanol |
1 ml in 1 ml 95% alcohol |
| Boiling point (°C) |
194-195° |
| Assay min % |
98% |
| Acid value max |
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| Refractive index |
1.573-1.578 |
| Specific gravity |
1.050-1.058 |
| Other requirements |
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| ID Test |
IR |
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