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Food safety and quality
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| Flavouring |
Benzyl salicylate |
| Synonym(s) |
Benzyl o-hydroxybenzoate |
| Latest JECFA evaluation |
2001 (Session 57) |
| Status of specification |
Full |
| Information required |
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| Chemical name |
Benzyl 2-hydroxybenzoate |
| JECFA number |
904 |
| CAS number |
118-58-1 |
| FEMA number |
2151 |
| COE number |
436 |
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| Molecular weight |
228.25 |
| Chemical formula |
C14H12O3 |
| Physical form/odour |
colourless oily liquid or opaque crystalline mass (tendency to supercool) with a faint, sweet, floral odour |
| Solubility |
insoluble in water, glycerol; soluble in organic solvents, oils |
| Solubility in ethanol |
miscible above 25� |
| Boiling point (°C) |
300° |
| Assay min % |
98% |
| Acid value max |
1 |
| Refractive index |
1.573-1.584 |
| Specific gravity |
1.173-1.183 |
| Other requirements |
mp: 24-26° |
| ID Test |
IR |
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