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Food safety and quality
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| Flavouring |
Propyl formate |
| Synonym(s) |
Propyl methanoate |
| Latest JECFA evaluation |
2003 (Session 61) |
| Status of specification |
Full |
| Information required |
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| Chemical name |
Propyl formate |
| JECFA number |
117 |
| CAS number |
110-74-7 |
| FEMA number |
2943 |
| COE number |
340 |
| FLAVIS number |
09.073 |
| Molecular weight |
88.1 |
| Chemical formula |
C4H8O2 |
| Physical form/odour |
colourless to pale yellow liquid with a characteristic fruity, rum-plum odour |
| Solubility |
miscible with alcohol, ether, most organic solvents; soluble in 1 ml in 45 ml water |
| Solubility in ethanol |
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| Boiling point (°C) |
81-82° |
| Assay min % |
94% |
| Acid value max |
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| Refractive index |
1.369-1.384 |
| Specific gravity |
0.895-0.905 |
| Other requirements |
SC: propyl alcohol |
| ID Test |
IR |
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