hexanoic acid

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hexanoic acid

Identifiers

FEMA 2559
CAS 142-62-1
EINECS 205-550-7
Synonyms
  • butyl acetic acid
  • 2- butylacetic acid
  • caproic (hexanoic) acid natural
  • caproic acid
  • caproic acid (hexanoic), natural
  • caproic acid (natural)
  • caproic acid deironized
  • caproic acid deironized natural
  • caproic acid natural
  • caproic acid synthetic
  • caproic acid synthetic FCC
  • capronic acid
  • hexanoic acid
  • 1- hexanoic acid
  • nat. hexanoic acid
  • hexanoic acid (caproic acid)
  • N hexanoic acid (caproic) natural
  • hexanoic acid (natural)
  • hexanoic acid 99%, (naturals)
  • hexanoic acid natural
  • hexoic acid
  • 1- pentane carboxylic acid
  • 1- pentanecarboxylic acid
  • pentiformic acid
  • pentyl formic acid
JECFA Food Flavoring 93
JECFA Food Additive N/A
DG SANTE Food Flavourings 08.009 hexanoic acid
DG SANTE Food Contact Materials hexanoic acid
FDA UNII 1F8SN134MX
CoE Number 9
XlogP3-AA 1.90 (est)
Molecular Weight 116.16004
Molecular Formula C6 H12 O2

Organoleptic

Organoleptic Notes
  • 1. Odor Type: fatty Odor Strength:medium ,recommend smelling in a 10.00 % solution or less
  • Substantivity: > 336 hour(s) at 100.00 %
  • sour fatty sweaty cheesy
  • Odor Description:at 10.00 % in propylene glycol. sour fatty sweat cheeseLuebke, William tgsc, (1987)
  • Odor sample from: Bedoukian Research, Inc.
Odor fatty
sour, fatty, sweaty, cheesy,
Flavor cheesy
cheesy, fruity, phenolic, fatty, goaty,

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Properties

Food Chemicals Codex Listed Yes
Appearance colorless to pale yellow clear oily liquid (est)
Assay 98.00 to 100.00
Specific Gravity 0.92300 to 0.92700 @ 25.00 °C.
Lbs/Gal (est) 7.680 to 7.714
Refractive Index 1.41500 to 1.41800 @ 20.00 °C.
Melting Point -4.00 to -3.00 °C. @ 760.00 mm Hg
Boiling Point 202.00 to 203.00 °C. @ 760.00 mm Hg
Flash Point 220.00 °F. TCC ( 104.44 °C. )
Acid Value N/A
Vapor Pressure 0.158000 mmHg @ 25.00 °C. (est)
Vapor Density 4.0 ( Air = 1 )
logP (o/w) 1.92
Soluble In
  • alcohol
  • fixed oils
  • water, 1.03E+04 mg/L @ 25 °C (exp)
  • water
Occurrence
  • almond flower
  • apple fruit
  • apple sauce
  • apricot fruit
  • basil oil
  • bay laurel leaf
  • beer
  • bergamot oil wild
  • bilberry fruit juice
  • blueberry fruit juice
  • butter
  • butterbur flower
  • camphor lavender
  • cantaloupe seed
  • cardamom fruit
  • cardamom seed
  • carob bean
  • cassia plant
  • cayenne fruit
  • cayenne sap
  • cheese cheddar cheese
  • cheese swiss cheese
  • cistus oil @ 0.7%
  • coconut
  • coconut endosperm
  • coconut seed
  • coffee roasted coffee
  • cornmint plant
  • currant fruit
  • dialium guineense wild.fruit oil france @ 0.30%
  • elder black elder seed
  • ginkgo biloba fruit
  • ham
  • lemon balm tissue culture
  • lemongrass
  • mustard white mustard
  • orange fruit
  • orange fruit juice
  • osmanthus absolute @ 0.05%
  • palmarosa
  • papaya fruit
  • peach fruit
  • peach plant
  • pepper bell pepper fruit
  • pepper black pepper fruit
  • pepper black pepper seed
  • potato tuber
  • raspberry red raspberry fruit
  • rosemary sap
  • rugula herb
  • spearmint plant
  • star fruit oil cuba @ 0.10%
  • strawberry wild strawberry fruit
  • tea leaf
  • wine
  • yogurt