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148962

Ethyl hexanoate

≥99%

Synonym(s):

Caproic acid ethyl ester, Ethyl caproate

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Linear Formula:
CH3(CH2)4COOC2H5
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
144.21
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
NACRES:
NA.22
PubChem Substance ID:
EC Number:
204-640-3
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1701293
MDL number:
Assay:
≥99%
Form:
liquid
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vapor density

5 (vs air)

Quality Level

assay

≥99%

form

liquid

refractive index

n20/D 1.407 (lit.)

bp

168 °C (lit.)

density

0.869 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

functional group

ester

SMILES string

CCCCCC(=O)OCC

InChI

1S/C8H16O2/c1-3-5-6-7-8(9)10-4-2/h3-7H2,1-2H3

InChI key

SHZIWNPUGXLXDT-UHFFFAOYSA-N

General description

Ethyl hexanoate is one of the odorants contributing to the typical guava aroma. It also contributes to the fresh strawberry aroma.


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Flame

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Warning

hcodes

Hazard Classifications

Flam. Liq. 3

Storage Class

3 - Flammable liquids

wgk

WGK 1

flash_point_f

127.4 °F - closed cup

flash_point_c

53 °C - closed cup

ppe

Eyeshields, Faceshields, Gloves, type ABEK (EN14387) respirator filter

Regulatory Information

危险化学品

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Jorge A Pino et al.
Journal of the science of food and agriculture, 93(12), 3114-3120 (2013-04-05)
Solid phase microextraction and simultaneous distillation-extraction combined with GC-FID, GC/MS, aroma extract dilution analysis and odour activity values were used to analyse volatile compounds from guava (Psidium guajava L. cv. Red Suprema) and to estimate the most odour-active compounds. The
Alexandre Juteau et al.
Journal of agricultural and food chemistry, 52(6), 1621-1629 (2004-03-20)
Release of aroma compounds in selected iota-carrageenan systems was studied by static headspace analysis. By varying the sodium chloride content, different rheological behaviors were obtained ranging from solution to gel. From the release curves, mass transfer (h(D)) and partition coefficients
Dong Wang et al.
Bioprocess and biosystems engineering, 30(3), 147-155 (2007-01-26)
The cell-bound lipase from Rhizopus chinensis CCTCC M201021 with high catalysis ability for ester synthesis was located as a membrane-bound lipase by the treatments of Yatalase firstly. In order to improve its synthetic activity in non-aqueous phase, the pretreatments of



Global Trade Item Number

SKUGTIN
485195-5G04061837574795
148962-100ML04061838738134
148962-5ML04061838738141