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Food safety and quality
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| Flavouring |
Salicyladehyde |
| Synonym(s) |
Salicylal;o-Hydroxybenzaldehyde |
| Latest JECFA evaluation |
2001 (Session 57) |
| Status of specification |
Full |
| Information required |
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| Chemical name |
2-Hydroxybenzaldehyde |
| JECFA number |
897 |
| CAS number |
90-02-8 |
| FEMA number |
3004 |
| COE number |
605 |
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| Molecular weight |
122.12 |
| Chemical formula |
C7H6O2 |
| Physical form/odour |
colourless to straw coloured oily liquid with a pungent, bitter, almond-like odour |
| Solubility |
slightly soluble in water; soluble in organic solvents, oils |
| Solubility in ethanol |
miscible at room temperature |
| Boiling point (°C) |
196-197° |
| Assay min % |
95% |
| Acid value max |
10 |
| Refractive index |
1.570-1.576 |
| Specific gravity |
1.159-1.170 |
| Other requirements |
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| ID Test |
IR |
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