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Food safety and quality
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| Flavouring |
Rhodinyl isovalerate |
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| Latest JECFA evaluation |
2001 (Session 57) |
| Status of specification |
Full |
| Information required |
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| Chemical name |
3,7-Dimethyl-7-octen-1-yl-3-methylbutanoate |
| JECFA number |
77 |
| CAS number |
7778-96-3 |
| FEMA number |
2987 |
| COE number |
460 |
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| Molecular weight |
240.26 |
| Chemical formula |
C15H28O2 |
| Physical form/odour |
colourless, oily liquid with a rose odour |
| Solubility |
soluble in alcohol; practically insoluble in water |
| Solubility in ethanol |
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| Boiling point (°C) |
270° |
| Assay min % |
95% (by ester determination) |
| Acid value max |
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| Refractive index |
1.447 |
| Specific gravity |
0.8829 (15°) |
| Other requirements |
(equivalence factor for assay = 120.20) |
| ID Test |
IR |
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