Identification | More | [Name]
Hexyl butyrate | [CAS]
2639-63-6 | [Synonyms]
BUTYRIC ACID HEXYL ESTER FEMA 2568 HEXYL BUTANOATE HEXYL BUTYRATE HEXYL-N-BUTYRATE N-BUTYRIC ACID N-HEXYL ESTER N-HEXYL BUTYRATE N-HEXYL N-BUTANOATE 1-Hexyl butyrate 1-hexylbutyrate Butanoicacid,hexylester n-Hexyl butanoate n-Hexyl n-butyrate n-hexylbutanoate HEXYL BUTYRATE 98+% NATURAL HEXYL BUTYRATE 98+% Hexylbutyrat HEXYL-N-BUTYRATE, NATURAL | [EINECS(EC#)]
220-136-6 | [Molecular Formula]
C10H20O2 | [MDL Number]
MFCD00048884 | [Molecular Weight]
172.26 | [MOL File]
2639-63-6.mol |
Safety Data | Back Directory | [Risk Statements ]
R10:Flammable. | [Safety Statements ]
S16:Keep away from sources of ignition-No smoking . | [RIDADR ]
3272 | [WGK Germany ]
2
| [RTECS ]
ET4203000
| [HS Code ]
29156000 | [Toxicity]
LD50 orally in Rabbit: > 5000 mg/kg LD50 dermal Rabbit > 5000 mg/kg |
Hazard Information | Back Directory | [Description]
Hexyl butyrate has a characteristic fruity (apricot) odor and a sweet
taste suggestive of pineapple. May be synthesized from butyric
acid and n-hexyl alcohol in the presence of HCL. | [Chemical Properties]
Hexyl butyrate has a characteristic fruity (apricot) odor and sweet taste suggestive of pineapple.
| [Chemical Properties]
Hexyl Butyrate is a liquid with a
powerful fruity odor. It has been identified in a number of fruits and berries and
is an important constituent of fruit flavor compositions. | [Occurrence]
Reported found in the essential oils of lavender and lavandin and in the oil from fruits of Heracleum giganteum. Also reported found in apple, apricot, banana, citrus peel oils, cranberry, guava, grapes, strawberry fruit and jam, thymus,
Gruyere cheese, beer, cognac, rum, cider, tea, passion fruit, plum, plumcot, starfruit, mango, mountain papaya, Chinese quince peel
and hog plum (Spondias mombins L.) | [Definition]
ChEBI: A fatty acid ester obtained by the formal condensation of hexanol with butyric acid. | [Preparation]
From butyric acid and n-hexyl alcohol in the presence of HCl
| [Aroma threshold values]
Detection: 250 ppb | [Taste threshold values]
Taste characteristics at 10 ppm: fruity, green, waxy, fatty and vegetative. | [Flammability and Explosibility]
Notclassified |
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