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Food safety and quality
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| Flavouring |
Hexanal |
| Synonym(s) |
Hexaldehyde;Aldehyde C-6;Caproic aldehyde |
| Latest JECFA evaluation |
1997 (Session 49) |
| Status of specification |
Full |
| Information required |
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| Chemical name |
Hexanal |
| JECFA number |
92 |
| CAS number |
66-25-1 |
| FEMA number |
2557 |
| COE number |
96 |
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| Molecular weight |
100.16 |
| Chemical formula |
C6H12O |
| Physical form/odour |
almost colourless liquid/fatty-green, grassy odour |
| Solubility |
very slightly soluble in water; miscible with alcohol, propylene glycol, most fixed oils |
| Solubility in ethanol |
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| Boiling point (°C) |
131° |
| Assay min % |
97.0% |
| Acid value max |
10 |
| Refractive index |
1.402-1.407 |
| Specific gravity |
0.808-0.817 |
| Other requirements |
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| ID Test |
IR |
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