| Identification | More | [Name]
METHYL LAURATE | [CAS]
111-82-0 | [Synonyms]
C12:0 METHYL ESTER
DODECANOIC ACID METHYL ESTER
FEMA 2715
LAURIC ACID METHYL ESTER
METHYL-DODECANATE
METHYL DODECANOATE
METHYL LAURATE
RARECHEM AL BF 0157
Dodecylmethanoate
femanumber2715
Metholene 2296
metholene2296
Methyl dodecylate
Methyl laurinate
Methyl n-dodecanoate
methyldodecylate
methyllaurinate
methyln-dodecanoate
stepanc40
Uniphat A40 | [EINECS(EC#)]
203-911-3 | [Molecular Formula]
C13H26O2 | [MDL Number]
MFCD00008966 | [Molecular Weight]
214.34 | [MOL File]
111-82-0.mol |
| Chemical Properties | Back Directory | [Appearance]
clear colorless to slightly yellow liquid | [Melting point ]
4-5 °C (lit.) | [Boiling point ]
262 °C/766 mmHg (lit.) | [density ]
0.87 g/mL at 25 °C(lit.)
| [vapor pressure ]
0.55Pa at 25℃ | [FEMA ]
2715 | [refractive index ]
n20/D 1.432
| [Fp ]
>230 °F
| [storage temp. ]
2-8°C
| [solubility ]
water: insoluble0.00759g/L at 25°C (practically) | [form ]
Liquid | [color ]
Clear colorless to slightly yellow | [Odor]
at 100.00 %. waxy soapy creamy coconut mushroom | [Odor Type]
waxy | [Water Solubility ]
Not miscible in water. Soluble in alcohol, dipropylene glycol. | [JECFA Number]
180 | [BRN ]
1767780 | [Dielectric constant]
3.6000000000000001 | [InChIKey]
UQDUPQYQJKYHQI-UHFFFAOYSA-N | [LogP]
5.41 at 36℃ | [CAS DataBase Reference]
111-82-0(CAS DataBase Reference) | [EPA Substance Registry System]
Methyl laurate (111-82-0) |
| Safety Data | Back Directory | [Hazard Codes ]
N | [Risk Statements ]
50 | [Safety Statements ]
S24/25:Avoid contact with skin and eyes . | [RIDADR ]
UN 3082 9 / PGIII | [WGK Germany ]
1
| [RTECS ]
OF0670000
| [TSCA ]
Yes | [HS Code ]
29159000 | [Hazardous Substances Data]
111-82-0(Hazardous Substances Data) | [Toxicity]
LD50 orally in Rabbit: > 2000 mg/kg |
| Questions And Answer | Back Directory | [Description]
Methyl laurate has a fatty, floral odor reminiscent of wine. It can be used as a flavor ingredient in foods and pharmaceuticals, and as fragrance in perfumes. As an intermediate, methyl laurate is used for detergents, emulsifier, wetting agents, stabilizers, lubricants, plasticizers, textiles, plastics, and cosmetics. It can also be used as lubricant in textile spin finishes and emollient in cosmetics. It can be used as solvent, co-solvent, oil carrier for agric, pesticides and herbicides. It is also used as defoamer in food-contact coatings and paper/paperboards and it is used in resin-bonded filters for food contact.
| [References]
[1] Michael Ash, Handbook of Green Chemicals, 2004
[2] George A. Burdock, Encyclopedia of Food and Color Additives, Volume 1, 1996
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| Hazard Information | Back Directory | [Chemical Properties]
clear colorless to slightly yellow liquid | [Chemical Properties]
Methyl laurate has a fatty, floral odor reminiscent of wine. | [Occurrence]
Reported found in orris absolute, strawberry, apple, bilberry, rum, coconut, grapes, melon, papaya, pineapple, blackberry, mustard, cheeses, hop oil, cognac, white wine, cocoa, oats, plumcot, elderberry juice, loquat, babaco fruit
(Carica pentagona Heilborn), Bourbon vanilla, mountain papaya, Chinese cabbage, mussels, cape gooseberry, pawpaw, banana,
berries and blue cheese | [Uses]
Methyl dodecanoate used in production of biodiesel. It has been used in selective synthesis of the secondary amide surfactant, N-methyl lauroylethanolamide. It is also utilized as emollients, perfuming agents skin conditioning. | [Definition]
ChEBI: A fatty acid methyl ester of lauric acid. | [Taste threshold values]
Taste characteristics at 20 ppm: waxy, creamy, fatty with soapy, coconut nuances | [Synthesis Reference(s)]
The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 54, p. 1213, 1989 DOI: 10.1021/jo00266a046
Synthetic Communications, 9, p. 539, 1979 DOI: 10.1080/00397917908060958 | [General Description]
Hydrogenation of methyl laurate catalyzed by diatomite supported Pd-M (M=Cu, Co, Ni) bimetal nanocatalysts has been reported. IR absorption spectrum of methyl laurate in carbon tetrachloride and carbon disulphide solutions has been compared with the spectra of derivatives deuterated in the ω-methyl group and α-methylene groups. | [Flammability and Explosibility]
Nonflammable | [Purification Methods]
Pass the ester through alumina before use, and distil it in a vacuum. [Beilstein 2 IV 1090.] |
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