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1-methyl-4-propan-2-ylbenzene

Identifiers

CAS (Single)	99-87-6
FEMA	2356
EINECS	202-796-7
Synonyms	benzene, 1-isopropyl-4-methyl- benzene, 1-methyl-4-(1-methylethyl)- camphogen cumene, p-methyl- p- cumidine 4- cymene p- cymene para- cymene 70% (non citrus) natural p- cymene FCC p- cymene natural para- cymene P & F cymene para FCC para- cymene PF cymene, p- p- cymol para- cymol dolcymene p- mentha-1,3,5-triene p- methyl cumene para- methyl cumene 4- methyl isopropyl benzene 4- methyl isopropylbenzene 4- methyl-1-(methylethyl)benzene 4- methyl-1-(propan-2-yl)benzene 4- methyl-1-isopropyl benzene 4- methyl-1-isopropylbenzene 1- methyl-4-(1-methyl ethyl) benzene 1- methyl-4-(1-methylethyl)-benzene methyl-4-(1-methylethyl)benzene 1- methyl-4-(1-methylethyl)benzene 1- methyl-4-(propan-2-yl)benzene 1- methyl-4-isopropyl benzene 1- methyl-4-isopropylbenzene 1- methyl-4-propan-2-ylbenzene p- methyl-cumene p- methylcumene para- methylcumene 4- methylisopropylbenzene p- methylisopropylbenzene paracymene paracymol p-iso propyl methyl benzene para-iso propyl methyl benzene 4-iso propyl toluene p-iso propyl toluene para-iso propyl toluene 4-iso propyl-1-methylbenzene 1-iso propyl-4-methyl benzene 1-iso propyl-4-methyl-benzene 1-iso propyl-4-methylbenzene 1-iso propyl-4-methylbenzol p-iso propylmethylbenzene para-iso propylmethylbenzene 4-iso propyltoluene p-iso propyltoluene para-iso propyltoluene
JECFA Food Flavoring	1325
JECFA Food Additive	N/A
DG SANTE Food Flavourings	01.002 1-isopropyl-4-methylbenzene
DG SANTE Food Contact Materials	N/A
FDA UNII	1G1C8T1N7Q
CoE Number	620
XlogP3-AA	4.10 (est)
Molecular Weight	134.22158
Molecular Formula	C10 H14

Properties

Food Chemicals Codex Listed	Yes
Appearance	colorless to pale yellow clear liquid (est)
Assay	97.00 to 100.00
Specific Gravity	0.85300 to 0.85500 @ 25.00 °C.
Lbs/Gal (est)	7.098 to 7.114
Refractive Index	1.48900 to 1.49100 @ 20.00 Â°C.
Melting Point	-68.90 Â°C. @ 760.00 mm Hg
Boiling Point	176.00 to 178.00 Â°C. @ 760.00 mm Hg
Flash Point	117.00 Â°F. TCC ( 47.22 Â°C. )
Acid Value	1.00 max. KOH/g
Vapor Pressure	1.460000 mmHg @ 25.00 Â°C.
Vapor Density	4.62 ( Air = 1 )
logP (o/w)	4.1
Soluble In	alcohol water, 27.88 mg/L @ 25 °C (est) water, 23.4 mg/L @ 25 °C (exp)
Occurrence	achillea tenuifolia lam. flower oil iran @ 5.40% agathosma crenulata oil @ 0.41% ajowan ajowan seed oil turkey @ 15.57% allspice fruit allspice leaf allspice leaf oil allspice seed alpinia galanga oil @ 0.80% amomum testaceum ridl. fruit oil malaysia @ 1.50% angelica angelica root oil @ 6.39% angelica seed oil @ 1.10% angelica seed oil CO2 extract @ 0.80% anise seed oil star china @ 0.29% anise star anise fruit anise star anise seed apricot fruit apricot leaf armoise oil morocco @ 0.1% artemisia campestris spp. glutinosa flower oil italy @ 0.10% artemisia deserti krasch. oil iran @ 1.20% artemisia diffusa krasch. ex poljak oil iran @ 1.00% artemisia gypsacea krasch. oil iran @ 2.80% artemisia variabilis flower oil italy @ 0.40% ayou wood oil @ trace% basil leaf oil basil oil basil oil sweet poland @ 0.02% basil oil var. glabratum turkey @ trace% basil plant basil shoot oil basil tissue culture bay laurel leaf bay laurel leaf oil bay leaf oil @ <0.01-0.97% bay leaf oil anise @ 0.1% bay leaf oil clove @ 0.3% bay leaf oil lemon @ 0.5% bergamot mint oil @ 0.0-0.1% bergamot oil @ 0.010-0.893% bergamot oil @ 3.5% bergamot oil turkey @ 0.35% bergamot plant wild blackberry fruit blueberry fruit bois de rose leaf oil brazil @ trace-0.03% bois de rose oil brazil @ trace-0.03% boldo leaf boldo leaf oil italy @ 9.51% boldus leaf oil chile @ 8.63% buchu leaf oil @ 0.16% cabocla flower oil brazil @ 9.10% cajuput oil @ 0.6% cajuput oil vietnam @ 6.8% calamus leaf oil @ 0.04% camel grass oil @ 0.10% caraway seed caraway seed oil @ trace-0.01% cardamom fruit cardamom fruit oil cardamom root oil cardamom seed oil carrot root carrot seed carrot seed oil @ 0.41% carrot seed oil @ trace% carrot seed oil spain @ 0.06-2.48% cascarilla bark oil @ 9.91% cassia bark oil china @ 4.18% cassia leaf oil china @ 4.18% cassia plant cassis bud oil @ trace-0.48% cedarleaf oil canada @ 0.32-0.59% cedarwood oil lebanon @ >0.10% celery leaf oil celery leaf oil @ 0.50% celery root oil celery seed celery seed oil celery stem oil chamomile flower oil germany @ 0.07% chamomile garden chamomile plant champaca concrete @ 0.33% chenopodium ambrosioides oil @ 18.0% cinnamomum fragrans baillon leaf oil madagascar @ 17.60% cinnamomum fragrans baillon leaf oil madagascar @ 2.40% cinnamon bark oil (cinnamomum zeylanicum blume) sri lauka @ 0.25-0.35% cinnamon bark oil ceylon @ 4.18% cinnamon ceylon cinnamon bark cinnamon ceylon cinnamon bark oil cinnamon ceylon cinnamon leaf cinnamon ceylon cinnamon leaf oil cinnamon ceylon cinnamon root bark cinnamon ceylon cinnamon stem bark cinnamon leaf oil ceylon @ 0.36% cinnamon oil CO2 extract @ 0.36-0.78% cistus oil @ 0.4% citronella oil ceylon @ 0.10% citronella oil china @ 0.01% clary sage oil france @ trace% clary sage oil sardinia @ 0.10% clove bud oil @ 0.07% clove leaf oil @ 0.05% clove stem oil india @ 0.05% coriander fruit coriander oil coriander seed coriander seed oil coriander seed oil @ 2.60% coriander seed oil cuba @ 0.90% cornmint leaf cornmint oil india @ 0.02% costmary oil @ 0.11% crithmum maritimum l. oil turkey @ 5.30% croton cajucara benth. leaf oil brazil @ 0.20% croton flavens l. (welensali) leaf oil curacao @ 1.70% cubeb oil @ 0.59% cumin oil cumin seed cumin seed oil cumin seed oil egypt @ 4.91% cumin seed oil turkey @ 25.2% currant black currant fruit currant black currant leaf curry fruit oil india @ 0.10% curry leaf oil india @ 0.10% curry wood leaf oil australia @ trace% cypress oil @ 0.21-0.24% davana oil @ 0.8% dill leaf dill leaf oil dill oil dill root dill root oil dill seed dill seed oil dill shoot dill weed oil cuba @ 14.38% dill weed oil reunion @ 3.80% echinophora cinerea oil iran @ 6.10% elemi oil @ 7.70% eriocephalus punctulatus oil @ 8.00% eucalyptus camaldulensis dehn. leaf oil jerusalem @ 24.20% eucalyptus camaldulensis dehnh. leaf oil ethiopia @ 17.80% eucalyptus citriodora oil @ trace% eucalyptus globulus bicostata oil @ 0.27% eucalyptus globulus bud oil @ 8.04% eucalyptus globulus fruit oil @ 6.44% eucalyptus globulus maidenii f. muell oil @ 0.35% eucalyptus globulus oil @ 0.86% eucalyptus globulus oil burundia @ 0.80% eucalyptus globulus oil pakistan @ 0.60% eucalyptus globulus oil rwanda @ 8.23% eucalyptus globulus oil zambia @ 0.80% eucalyptus globulus pseudoglobulus oil @ 1.60% featherfew leaf oil @ 0.63% fennel absolute sweet @ trace% fennel flower oil bitter lithuania @ 1.21% fennel oil fennel root oil fennel seed fennel seed oil bitter spain @ trace% fennel seed oil sweet @ 0.12% feverfew flower oil @ 0.5% feverfew leaf oil belgium @ 3.1% fig leaf fir needle oil canada @ 0.03-0.16% fir needle oil siberia @ 0.15% foeniculum vulgare piperitum oil @ 7.20% frankincense oil somalia @ 0.50% galangal root oil @ 1.60% geranium leaf oil india @ 0.08% geranium oil bourbon @ 0.05% geranium oil rwanda @ 0.10% geranium petiole oil india @ 0.06% geranium stem oil india @ 0.08% ginger rhizome ginger rhizome oil ginger root oil brazil @ 0.20% ginger root oil china @ 0.13% ginkgo biloba oil ginkgo biloba wood glycosmis pentaphylla (cor.) seed oil india @ 2.90% grapefruit grapefruit oil c.p. @ 0.18% guava fruit guava leaf oil cuba @ trace% helichrysum italicum oil america @ 0.13% heracleum candolleanum rhizome oil india @ 9.00% heracleum paphlagonicum czeczott fruit oil turkey @ 0.20% hinoki leaf oil @ 0.82% hinoki root oil @ 0.53% hinoki wood oil @ 0.22% ho leaf oil @ 0.01% horsemint shoot hyacinthus orientalis absolute @ 0.05-0.56% hypericum dogonbadanicum assadi oil iran @ 0.60% hyptis spicigera lam. oil mali @ 0.20-0.30% hyptis suaveolens (l.) poit. oil mali @ 0.30-1.30% hyssop oil hyssop oil @ 0.1% hyssop plant hyssop shoot juniper berry oil @ 0.20% juniper berry oil CO2 extract @ 1.20% juniper branch oil @ 0.90% juniper needle oil @ 3.60% kachur oil @ 0.10% kewda oil @ 1.08-1.42% labdanum leaf oil @ 1.70% labdanum oil @ 0.43% laurel bark oil @ 0.5% laurel berry oil @ 1.4% laurel leaf oil @ 3.8% laurel leaf oil turkey @ 1.50% laurel stem oil @ 0.4% laurel wood oil @ 0.1% lavandin oil abrialis @ 0.22% lavandin oil grosso @ 0.16% lavender oil @ 1.06% lavender oil france @ 0.33% lavender oil greece @ 0.09% lavender oil spike france @ 1.39% lavender water bulgaria @ 0.13% layana oil kenya @ 2.30% layana oil wild zimbabwe @ 0.30-2.00% layana oil zimbabwe @ 0.8% lemon balm shoot lemon leaf oil lemon oil lemon oil california @ 0.14% lemon oil expressed italy @ 0.27% lemon pericarp oil lemon petiole lemon verbena oil morocco @ 0.2% lemon verbena oil turkey @ 0.11% lemongrass oil @ 0.05% lemongrass oil @ 0.22% lemongrass oil rwanda @ 0.06% levisticum officinale flower oil @ 0.92% levisticum officinale seed oil @ 0.59% lime fruit lime oil CO2 extract mexico @ 3.07% lime oil distilled mexico @ 1.89% lime oil distilled peru @ 2.30% lime oil expressed florida @ 0.1% lippia aff. gracillis h.b.k. leaf oil brazil @ 14.50% litsea cubeba oil china @ 0.11% lovage flower oil @ 2.33% lovage leaf oil @ 7.11% lovage root lovage root oil @ 0.86% lovage seed oil @ 3.50% mace oil @ 0.20% mace oil CO2 extract @ 0.80% mandarin fruit mandarin leaf oil mandarin oil @ 0.28% mandarin oil @ 4.25% mandarin oil avana @ 0.23% mandarin oil italy @ 0.33% mandarin oil italy @ 4.25% mandarin oil japan @ 0.10% mangrove bark red oil cuba @ 0.30% manuka var. eximium oil australia @ trace% manuka var. rotundifolium oil australia @ 2.30% manuka var. scoparium oil new zealand @ 0.16% marjoram leaf oil marjoram oil marjoram oil spain @ 0.30% marjoram oil sweet cuba @ 4.98% marjoram oil sweet cyprus @ 1.00-4.20% marjoram oil sweet iran @ 5.70% marjoram oil sweet morocco @ 8.07% marjoram oil sweet turkey @ 4.31-4.68% marjoram plant marjoram pot oil turkey @ 4.93-24.90% mastic fruit oil @ 0.33% mastic leaf oil @ 0.11% mastic oil @ 0.22% melissa oil @ 0.83% melon bitter melon seed oil michelia alba flower absolute @ 1.49% microstrobos fitzgeraldii leaf oil australia @ 0.10% microstrobos niphophilus leaf oil australia @ 0.10% mikan peel oil @ 0.22% mikania cordata (burm. f.) b.l. robinson var. cordata leaf oil france @ 0.40% myristica fragrans fruit oil @ 0.70% myrtle oil @ 0.65% narcissus absolute @ 1.27% narcissus absolute @ 8.53% nepeta cephalotes boiss. oil iran @ 2.30% nepeta denudata benth. oil iran @ 4.20% neroli oil CO2 extract @ 0.04% niaouli oil egypt @ 0.20% nutmeg extract CO2 west indian @ 0.80% nutmeg flower oil @ 4.55% nutmeg leaf oil nutmeg leaf oil @ 2.49-4.78% nutmeg oil nutmeg oil hydrodistilled india @ 0.7% nutmeg oil india @ 1.87% nutmeg seed nutmeg seed oil olibanum onion fruit juice onion juice orange bigarade oil @ 1.01% orange fruit orange oil c.p. brazil @ trace-0.04% orange peel oil bitter brazil @ trace% orange peel oil bitter china @ 0.52% orange peel oil sweet c.p. egypt @ 1.94% oregano oil oregano oil mexico @ 8.12% oregano plant oregano plant oregano shoot oregano shoot oil origanum origanum oil greece @ 6.58% orthodon dianthera maxim. oil vietnam @ 0.20% osmanthus absolute @ trace% palmarosa oil @ trace% papaya fruit parsley fruit oil parsley leaf parsley leaf oil @ 1.46% parsley leaf oil cuba @ 0.03% parsley leaf oil egypt @ 0.82% parsley seed parsley seed oil parsley seed oil @ 0.11% parsnip root pennyroyal oil cuba @ 0.08% pennyroyal oil spain @ 0.10% pepper bell pepper fruit pepper black pepper fruit pepper black pepper fruit oil pepper black pepper seed oil pepper tree berry oil @ 2.93% pepper tree leaf oil @ 0.59% peppermint leaf peppermint oil america @ 0.24% peppermint oil mongolia @ 0.22% persea americana mill. fruit oil cuba @ trace% petitgrain bigarade oil @ trace% petitgrain combava oil @ trace% petitgrain grapefruit oil @ 1.40% petitgrain lemon oil @ trace% petitgrain lime oil @ trace% petitgrain mandarin oil @ 0.32% petitgrain oil @ trace% petitgrain sweet oil @ 3.17% peucedanum petiolare (dc) boiss oil iran @ 0.10% phoebe oil brazil @ 0.38% pimenta leaf oil @ 1.87% pimenta racemosa leaf oil lemon @ 0.18% pimento berry oil @ 0.2% pimento berry oil CO2 extract jamaica @ trace% pine needle oil dwarf @ 0.09% pineapple fruit pinus sylvestris l. needle oil estonia @ 0.10% pinus sylvestris l. needle oil yugoslavia @ 0.20% plectranthus glandulosus hook f. leaf oil cameroon @ 0.40% pomelo prangos uechtritzii boiss. et hausskn. fruit oil turkey @ 10.90% prangos uloptera dc. oil iran @ 1.00% prangos uloptera dc. seed oil iran @ trace% protium heptaphyllum (aubl.) march leaf oil brazil @ 1.10% protium heptaphyllum (aubl.) march resin oil brazil @ 6.00% pteronia oil @ 11.30% ravintsara leaf oil @ 0.97%% rose oil otto bulgaria @ 0.09% rosemary rosemary leaf rosemary leaf oil rosemary oil rosemary oil china @ 1.00% rosemary oil CO2 extract @ 1.81% rosemary oil corsica @ 1.20% rosemary oil egypt @ 1.77% rosemary oil france @ 1.39-1.54% rosemary oil morocco @ 0.99-1.40% rosemary oil spain @ 1.8% rosemary oil turkey @ 10.50% rosemary plant rosemary sap rosemary shoot rosemary shoot oil rue oil china @ 0.02% rue oil cuba @ 0.01% safflower bud safflower leaf saffron stigma saffron stigma sage leaf oil sage oil sage oil albania @ 0.20% sage oil cuba @ 0.35% sage oil dalmatian @ 0.20% sage oil dalmatian @ 0.30% sage oil dalmatian @ 0.90% sage oil england @ 0.20% sage oil germany @ 1.29% sage oil hydrodistillation france @ 1.50% sage oil lithuania @ 0.60% sage oil reunion @ 0.40% sage oil sardinia @ 0.90% sage oil spain @ 0.4-2.1% sage oil spain @ 1.1% sage oil spain @ 2.00% sage plant sage shoot salvia lavandulifolia vahl. leaf oil @ 0.10% salvia lavandulifolia vahl. leaf oil spain @ 0.40% salvia officinalis oil cuba @ 0.35% salvia officinalis seed oil tunisia @ 1.52% salvia sclarea oil @ 0.18% salvia sclarea seed oil tunisia @ 0.12% salvia verbenaca seed oil tunisia @ 0.37% satureja khuzistanica jamzad oil iran @ 39.60% satureja viminea l. oil costa rica @ trace% savin oil @ 0.14% savin oil @ 0.20% savory oil summer @ 3.31-8.60% savory oil winter @ 24.70% savory oleoresin winter @ 24.70% savory summer savory plant savory winter savory oil savory winter savory plant snake root oil canada @ 0.30% spearmint leaf spearmint oil spearmint oil america @ trace-0.04% stachys recta l. oil serbia @ trace% star fruit oil cuba @ trace% sugandha kokila berry oil @ 3.60% sunflower flower tagete flower oil rwanda @ 0.30% tagete oil CO2 extract @ 1.12% tagete oil rwanda @ trace% tanacetum annum l. oil marocco @ 8.90% tangerine fruit tangerine oil america @ 0.48% tansy flower oil canada @ 0.37% tansy flower oil dutch @ 0.40% tansy leaf oil dutch @ 0.40% tansy oil argentina @ 0.32% tansy oil canada @ 0.80% tansy oil marocco @ 2.20% tarragon oil tarragon oil @ trace% tea tree oil australia @ 4.96% tejpat oil @ 3.20% thyme absolute @ 0.95% thyme oil thyme oil portuguese @ 19.9% thyme oil red CO2 extract @ 2.55% thyme oil red CO2 extract spain @ 14.3% thyme oil red india @ 7.9% thyme oil red spain @ 18.60-25.34% thyme oil spain @ 2.95% thyme oil spain @ 27.63% thyme oil wild or creeping canada @ 0.70% thyme oil wild or creeping finland @ 1.10% thyme oil wild or creeping france @ 0.16% thyme oil wild or creeping pakistan @ 9.54% thyme plant thymus richardii pers. subsp. nitidus (guss.) jalas oil italy @ 2.10% tomato trachyspermum roxburghianum benth. ex. kurz. seed oil india @ 1.30% tsauri grass oil @ 0.30% turmeric leaf turmeric rhizome turmeric root oil CO2 extract @ 1.15% turmeric root oil hydrodistilled @ 1.09% turmeric root oil vietnam @ 0.05% valerian root oil @ 0.1-1.5% valerian root oil china @ 0.40% valerian root oil CO2 extract china @ 0.02% vassoura oil @ 0.10% water mint leaf water mint shoot wormseed oil america @ 8.09% wormseed oil spain @ 0.03% wormseed oil spain @ 0.2% wormwood oil america @ 0.28% wormwood oil annus france @ trace-1.23% wormwood oil annus vietnam @ 4.08% wormwood oil cuba @ 1.55% wormwood oil italy @ 1.0% wormwood oil poland @ 0.77% xylopia aromatica (lam.) mart. leaf oil cuba @ 0.10% yarrow leaf oil @ 2.80% yarrow oil @ 0.60% yarrow oil greece @ 7.40% yuzu leaf oil @ 0.71-1.09% yuzu peel oil c.p. @ 0.21-0.40% yuzu peel oil CO2 extract @ 0.11-0.48% zanthoxylum bracchyacanthum l. leaf oil australia @ 0.10% zinnia elegans jacq. flower oil brazil @ 9.10%

Organoleptic

Organoleptic Notes	1. Odor Type: terpenic Odor Strength:high ,recommend smelling in a 1.00 % solution or less Substantivity: < 2 hour(s) at 100.00 % fresh citrus terpenic woody spicy Odor Description:at 1.00 % in dipropylene glycol. fresh citrus terpene woody spiceLuebke, William tgsc, (1984) Odor sample from: Berje Inc. chemical woody terpenic citrus lemon spicy cumin origanum cilantro Odor Description:at 1.00 % in ethyl alcohol. Harsh chemical, woody and terpy-like with an oxidized citrus lemon note. It has spicy nuances reminiscent of cumin, oregano and cilantroMosciano, Gerard P&F 25, No. 6, 26, (2000)
Odor	terpenic fresh, citrus, terpenic, woody, spicy, chemical, lemon, cumin, origanum, cilantro
Flavor	terpenic terpenic, rancid, woody, citrus, spicy, pepper, bell, origanum,

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