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Food safety and quality
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| Flavouring |
Isopulegone |
| Synonym(s) |
1-Methyl-4-isopropenyl-3-cyclohexanone;lambda-8(9)-p-Menthen-3-one;1-Isopropenyl-4-methyl-2-cyclohexanone |
| Latest JECFA evaluation |
2000 (Session 55) |
| Status of specification |
Full |
| Information required |
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| Chemical name |
p-Menth-8-en-3-one, trans- |
| JECFA number |
754 |
| CAS number |
29606-79-9 |
| FEMA number |
2964 |
| COE number |
2051 |
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| Molecular weight |
152.24 |
| Chemical formula |
C10H16O |
| Physical form/odour |
Colourless to yellow liquid, minty-woody, mildly green odour |
| Solubility |
insoluble in water; soluble in alcohol and oils |
| Solubility in ethanol |
miscible |
| Boiling point (°C) |
208° |
| Assay min % |
95% |
| Acid value max |
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| Refractive index |
1.465-1.473 |
| Specific gravity |
0.925-0.932 |
| Other requirements |
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| ID Test |
MS |
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