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Category: flavor and fragrance agents
US / EU / FDA / JECFA / FEMA / FLAVIS / Scholar / Patent Information:
Physical Properties:
| Appearance: | colorless clear liquid (est) |
| Assay: | 98.00 to 100.00 %
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| Food Chemicals Codex Listed: | No |
| Specific Gravity: | 0.96800 to 0.97500 @ 25.00 °C.
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| Pounds per Gallon - (est).: | 8.055 to 8.113
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| Refractive Index: | 1.50600 to 1.51000 @ 20.00 °C.
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| Boiling Point: | 253.00 °C. @ 760.00 mm Hg
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| Acid Value: | 2.00 max. KOH/g
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| Vapor Pressure: | 0.017000 mmHg @ 25.00 °C. (est) |
| Flash Point: | 245.00 °F. TCC ( 118.33 °C. )
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| logP (o/w): | 2.698 (est) |
| Soluble in: |
| | alcohol | | | water, 205.5 mg/L @ 25 °C (est) |
| Insoluble in: |
| | water |
Organoleptic Properties:
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| Odor Type: floral |
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| | sweet floral earthy musty |
Odor Description: at 10.00 % in dipropylene glycol. | sweet floral earthy musty |
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| Odor and/or flavor descriptions from others (if found). |
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Cosmetic Information:
Suppliers:
Safety Information:
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| Hazards identification |
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| Classification of the substance or mixture |
| GHS Classification in accordance with 29 CFR 1910 (OSHA HCS) |
| None found. |
| GHS Label elements, including precautionary statements |
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| Pictogram | |
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| Hazard statement(s) |
| None found. |
| Precautionary statement(s) |
| None found. |
| Oral/Parenteral Toxicity: |
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Not determined
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| Dermal Toxicity: |
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Not determined
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| Inhalation Toxicity: |
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Not determined
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Safety in Use Information:
| Category: | flavor and fragrance agents |
| RIFM Fragrance Material Safety Assessment: Search |
| IFRA Code of Practice Notification of the 49th Amendment to the IFRA Code of Practice |
| Recommendation for 2-methyl-4-phenyl butanal usage levels up to: | | | 0.2000 % in the fragrance concentrate.
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| Maximised Survey-derived Daily Intakes (MSDI-EU): | 0.34 (μg/capita/day) |
| Maximised Survey-derived Daily Intakes (MSDI-USA): | 0.40 (μg/capita/day) |
| Use levels for FEMA GRAS flavoring substances on which the FEMA Expert Panel based its judgments that the substances are generally recognized as safe (GRAS). |
| The Expert Panel also publishes separate extensive reviews of scientific information on all FEMA GRAS flavoring substances and can be found at FEMA Flavor Ingredient Library |
| publication number: 3 |
| Click here to view publication 3 |
| | average usual ppm | average maximum ppm |
| baked goods: | - | 0.50000 |
| beverages(nonalcoholic): | - | 0.02000 |
| beverages(alcoholic): | - | - |
| breakfast cereal: | - | - |
| cheese: | - | - |
| chewing gum: | - | - |
| condiments / relishes: | - | - |
| confectionery froastings: | - | - |
| egg products: | - | - |
| fats / oils: | - | - |
| fish products: | - | - |
| frozen dairy: | - | 0.50000 |
| fruit ices: | - | 0.50000 |
| gelatins / puddings: | - | - |
| granulated sugar: | - | - |
| gravies: | - | - |
| hard candy: | - | 0.50000 |
| imitation dairy: | - | - |
| instant coffee / tea: | - | - |
| jams / jellies: | - | - |
| meat products: | - | - |
| milk products: | - | - |
| nut products: | - | - |
| other grains: | - | - |
| poultry: | - | - |
| processed fruits: | - | - |
| processed vegetables: | - | - |
| reconstituted vegetables: | - | - |
| seasonings / flavors: | - | - |
| snack foods: | - | - |
| soft candy: | - | - |
| soups: | - | - |
| sugar substitutes: | - | - |
| sweet sauces: | - | - |
Safety References:
References:
Other Information:
Potential Blenders and core components note
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| For Odor |
| amber |
| alpha- | ambrinol | FL/FR |
| cocoa |
| 2-iso | butyl-3,5-(and 3,6)-dimethyl pyrazine | FL/FR |
| earthy |
| (+)- | geosmin | |
| | geosmin | FL/FR |
| (-)- | geosmin | |
| (Z)- | linalool oxide (furanoid) | FL/FR |
| 2- | octanone oxime | FR |
| 1- | octen-3-one | FL/FR |
| fatty |
| (R)- | dihydro-gamma-ionone | |
| floral |
| | bois de rose oil terpeneless | FL/FR |
| | citronellol | FL/FR |
| | geranium oil morocco | FL/FR |
| | phenethyl butyrate | FL/FR |
| | phenyl acetaldehyde 2,3-butylene glycol acetal | FL/FR |
| (R)- | styralyl alcohol | FL/FR |
| fruity |
| | styralyl butyrate | FL/FR |
| green |
| alpha,alpha- | dimethyl benzyl alcohol | FL/FR |
| | earthy acetal | FL/FR |
| | methyl cyclocitrone (IFF) | FR |
| 3,5,5- | trimethyl hexanol | FL/FR |
| mossy |
| | oakmoss absolute | FL/FR |
| musty |
| | cocoa butenal | FL/FR |
| naphthyl |
| ortho- | methyl anisole | FL/FR |
| nutty |
| 2,3,5- | trimethyl pyrazine | FL/FR |
| spicy |
| 4- | carvomenthenol | FL/FR |
| | ginger oleoresin | FL/FR |
| woody |
| | dryopteris filix-mas oleoresin | FR |
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| For Flavor |
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| No flavor group found for these |
| 2-iso | butyl-3,5-(and 3,6)-dimethyl pyrazine | FL/FR |
| (R)- | dihydro-gamma-ionone | |
| alpha,alpha- | dimethyl benzyl alcohol | FL/FR |
| | earthy acetal | FL/FR |
| | geosmin | FL/FR |
| (-)- | geosmin | |
| (+)- | geosmin | |
| (Z)- | linalool oxide (furanoid) | FL/FR |
| | phenyl acetaldehyde 2,3-butylene glycol acetal | FL/FR |
| (R)- | styralyl alcohol | FL/FR |
| amber |
| alpha- | ambrinol | FL/FR |
| camphoreous |
| ortho- | methyl anisole | FL/FR |
| cooling |
| 4- | carvomenthenol | FL/FR |
| earthy |
| 1- | octen-3-one | FL/FR |
| floral |
| | bois de rose oil terpeneless | FL/FR |
| | citronellol | FL/FR |
| | geranium oil morocco | FL/FR |
| fruity |
| | phenethyl butyrate | FL/FR |
| | styralyl butyrate | FL/FR |
| green |
| | cocoa butenal | FL/FR |
| | oakmoss absolute | FL/FR |
| 3,5,5- | trimethyl hexanol | FL/FR |
| musty |
| 2,3,5- | trimethyl pyrazine | FL/FR |
| spicy |
| | ginger oleoresin | FL/FR |
| | turmeric oleoresin | FL |
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Potential Uses:
Occurrence (nature, food, other): note
Synonyms:
| | benzenebutanal, a-methyl- | | | butyraldehyde, 2-methyl-4-phenyl- | | alpha- | methyl benzene butanal | | 2- | methyl-4-phenyl butyraldehyde | | 2- | methyl-4-phenylbutanal | | 2- | methyl-4-phenylbutyraldehyde | | a- | methylbenzenebutanal | | 4- | phenyl-2-methyl butanal | | 4- | phenyl-2-methylbutanal |
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