|
Food safety and quality
|
|
|
| |
| Flavouring |
Phenethyl salicylate |
| Synonym(s) |
Benzyl carbinyl 2-hydroxy benzoate;2-Phenylethyl salicylate |
| Latest JECFA evaluation |
2001 (Session 57) |
| Status of specification |
Full |
| Information required |
|
| Chemical name |
2-Phenylethyl 2-hydroxybenzoate |
| JECFA number |
905 |
| CAS number |
87-22-9 |
| FEMA number |
2868 |
| COE number |
437 |
| FLAVIS number |
|
| Molecular weight |
242.28 |
| Chemical formula |
C15H14O3 |
| Physical form/odour |
white granular crystals with a faint, balsamic, floral odour |
| Solubility |
insoluble in water, glycerol, glycols; soluble in organic solvents, oils |
| Solubility in ethanol |
soluble (1 g in 20 ml of 95% ethanol) |
| Boiling point (°C) |
190° (5 mm Hg) |
| Assay min % |
98% |
| Acid value max |
1 |
| Refractive index |
|
| Specific gravity |
|
| Other requirements |
mp: 44° |
| ID Test |
IR |
| Spectrum |
 
|
|
|
|
![](../typo3conf/ext/dyna_fef/download.php?dfile=/work/htdocs/disseminationtypo3/web/fileadmin/user_upload/jecfa/img/<a href="http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/jecfa/img/905.gif" target=_blank><img src="http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/jecfa/img/905.gif" width="60px;"></a><br>&dname=<a href="http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/jecfa/img/905.gif" target=_blank><img src="http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/jecfa/img/905.gif" width="60px;"></a><br> "Download")
![](fileadmin/user_upload/jecfa/img/<a href="http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/jecfa/img/905.gif" target=_blank><img src="http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/jecfa/img/905.gif" width="60px;"></a><br>)