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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: | 99.00 to 100.00 % sum of isomers
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| Food Chemicals Codex Listed: | No |
| Specific Gravity: | 0.87100 to 0.87600 @ 25.00 °C.
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| Pounds per Gallon - (est).: | 7.248 to 7.289
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| Refractive Index: | 1.43100 @ 20.00 °C.
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| Boiling Point: | 57.00 to 61.00 °C. @ 2.00 mm Hg
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| Boiling Point: | 245.00 to 246.00 °C. @ 760.00 mm Hg
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| Vapor Pressure: | 0.026000 mmHg @ 25.00 °C. (est) |
| Flash Point: | 176.00 °F. TCC ( 80.00 °C. )
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| logP (o/w): | 4.532 (est) |
| Soluble in: |
| | alcohol | | | water, 6.351 mg/L @ 25 °C (est) |
| Insoluble in: |
| | water |
Organoleptic Properties:
Odor Description:
| tropical |
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| Odor and/or flavor descriptions from others (if found). |
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| Bedoukian Research |
| HEXYL 2-METHYL-3-PENTENOATE (HIGH CIS) 97.0% min. |
| Odor Description: | A delicately tropical aroma reminiscent of melon or muscat grape with peppery back notes. Can be used as a fixative for lily of the valley, rose, hyacinth formulations. |
| Taste Description: | tropical A good base for tropicals and a good modifier for melon, grape, apple and pineapple flavors. |
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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: |
gavage-rat LD50 [sex: M/F] > 5000 mg/kg (Elleman, 1979)
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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 hexyl (E)-2-methyl-3-pentenoate usage levels up to: | | | 2.0000 % in the fragrance concentrate.
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| Maximised Survey-derived Daily Intakes (MSDI-EU): | 0.024 (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: 13 |
| Click here to view publication 13 |
| | average usual ppm | average maximum ppm |
| baked goods: | - | - |
| beverages(nonalcoholic): | - | 0.40000 |
| beverages(alcoholic): | - | 0.40000 |
| breakfast cereal: | - | - |
| cheese: | - | - |
| chewing gum: | - | 0.40000 |
| condiments / relishes: | - | - |
| confectionery froastings: | - | 0.40000 |
| egg products: | - | - |
| fats / oils: | - | - |
| fish products: | - | - |
| frozen dairy: | - | - |
| fruit ices: | - | - |
| gelatins / puddings: | - | 0.40000 |
| granulated sugar: | - | - |
| gravies: | - | - |
| hard candy: | - | 0.40000 |
| 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: | - | 0.40000 |
| soups: | - | - |
| sugar substitutes: | - | - |
| sweet sauces: | - | - |
Safety References:
| European Food Safety Athority(EFSA): | Flavor usage levels; Subacute, Subchronic, Chronic and Carcinogenicity Studies; Developmental / Reproductive Toxicity Studies; Genotoxicity Studies... |
| European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) reference(s): |
Opinion of the Scientific Panel on food additives, flavourings, processing aids and materials in contact with food (AFC) related to Flavouring Group Evaluation 6 (FGE.06): Straight-and branched-chain aliphatic unsatured primary alcohols, aldehydes, carboxylic acids, and esters from chemical groups 1 and 4 View page or View pdf |
Opinion of the Scientific Panel on Food Additives, Flavourings, Processing Aids and Materials in contact with Food (AFC) on a request from the Commission related to Flavouring Group Evaluation 5: Esters of 23 branched- and straight-chain aliphatic saturated primary alcohols and of one secondary alcohol, and 24 branched- and straight-chain unsaturated carboxylic acids from chemical groups 1, 2, and 5 View page or View pdf |
Flavouring Group Evaluation 6, Revision 1 (FGE.06Rev1) - Opinion of the Scientific Panel on Food Additives, Flavourings, Processing Aids and Materials in contact with Food (AFC) View page or View pdf |
Flavouring Group Evaluation 5, Revision 1 (FGE.05Rev1):Esters of branched- and straight-chain aliphatic saturated primary alcohols and of one secondary alcohol, and branched- and straight-chain unsaturated carboxylic acids from chemical groups 1, 2, and 5 (Commission Regulation (EC) No 1565/2000 of 18 July 2000) [1] - Opinion of the Scientific Panel on Food Additives, Flavourings, Processing Aids and Materials in contact with Food (AFC) View page or View pdf |
Flavouring Group Evaluation 5, Revision 2 (FGE.05Rev2): Branched- and straight-chain unsaturated carboxylic acids and esters of these with aliphatic saturated alcohols from chemical groups 1, 2, 3 and 5 View page or View pdf |
| EPI System: | View |
| AIDS Citations: | Search |
| Cancer Citations: | Search |
| Toxicology Citations: | Search |
| EPA ACToR: | Toxicology Data |
| EPA Substance Registry Services (SRS): | Registry |
| Laboratory Chemical Safety Summary : | 6366072 |
| National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases: | Data |
| | hexyl (E)-2-methylpent-3-enoate |
| Chemidplus: | 0058625959 |
References:
Other Information:
Potential Blenders and core components note
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| For Odor |
| acidic |
| 2- | ethyl butyric acid | FL/FR |
| caramellic |
| | maltyl isobutyrate | FL/FR |
| citrus |
| 2,4- | dimethyl-3-cyclohexene-1-methanyl acetate | FR |
| | grapefruit mercaptan | FL/FR |
| coconut |
| delta- | octalactone | FL/FR |
| earthy |
| 3- | octanol | FL/FR |
| ethereal |
| iso | propyl formate | FL/FR |
| fatty |
| | allyl octanoate | FL/FR |
| 2,4- | decadien-1-ol | FL/FR |
| (E,Z)-2,6- | dodecadienal | FL/FR |
| (Z)-3- | octen-1-ol | FL/FR |
| fermented |
| | propyl nonanoate | FL/FR |
| floral |
| | benzyl isobutyrate | FL/FR |
| | citronellyl acetate | FL/FR |
| | geranyl propionate | FL/FR |
| | methoxycitronellal | FR |
| | methoxymelonal | FL/FR |
| | muguet carbaldehyde | FR |
| beta- | ocimene | FL/FR |
| | phenethyl acetate | FL/FR |
| | rose butanoate | FL/FR |
| fruity |
| | allyl butyrate | FL/FR |
| | allyl hexanoate | FL/FR |
| | allyl propionate | FL/FR |
| | amyl butyrate | FL/FR |
| iso | amyl isovalerate | FL/FR |
| iso | amyl propionate | FL/FR |
| | berry pentadienoate | FL/FR |
| iso | butyl isobutyrate | FL/FR |
| | butyl isobutyrate | FL/FR |
| | butyl valerate | FL/FR |
| | cyclohexyl carboxylic acid | FL/FR |
| | diethyl sebacate | FL/FR |
| | ethyl 2-octenoate | FL/FR |
| | geranyl methyl tiglate | |
| 3- | mercaptohexyl acetate | FL/FR |
| | methyl 2-methyl valerate | FL/FR |
| | methyl 3-nonenoate | FL/FR |
| | methyl nonanoate | FL/FR |
| (Z)-3- | octen-1-yl propionate | FL/FR |
| | plum crotonate | FR |
| iso | propyl 2-methyl butyrate | FL/FR |
| | propyl 2,4-decadienoate | FL/FR |
| | propyl hexanoate | FL/FR |
| | propyl isobutyrate | FL/FR |
| | tetrahydrofurfuryl butyrate | FL/FR |
| | tropical indene | FR |
| | tropical ionone | FL/FR |
| | tropical thiazole | FL/FR |
| | tropical trithiane | FL/FR |
| green |
| | ethyl (E,Z)-2,4-decadienoate | FL/FR |
| | green heptenal | FR |
| | heptanal dimethyl acetal | FL/FR |
| (Z)-3- | hepten-1-ol | FL/FR |
| (Z)-3- | hexen-1-yl (Z)-3-hexenoate | FL/FR |
| (Z)-3- | hexen-1-yl acetate | FL/FR |
| (Z)-3- | hexen-1-yl lactate | FL/FR |
| (Z)-3- | hexen-1-yl phenyl acetate | FL/FR |
| (Z)-3- | hexen-1-yl pyruvate | FL/FR |
| 3- | hexenal | FL/FR |
| | hexyl 2-methyl butyrate | FL/FR |
| | manzanate (Givaudan) | FL/FR |
| | melon acetal | FL/FR |
| | melon nonenoate | FL/FR |
| | methyl octine carbonate | FL/FR |
| (Z,Z)-3,6- | nonadien-1-ol | FL/FR |
| (E,Z)-3,6- | nonadien-1-ol | FL/FR |
| (E,Z)-3,6- | nonadien-1-yl acetate | FL/FR |
| 3,6- | nonadien-1-yl acetate | FL/FR |
| (Z)-2- | nonen-1-ol | FL/FR |
| (E)-2- | nonen-1-ol | FL/FR |
| (Z)-5- | octen-1-ol | FL/FR |
| (Z)-5- | octen-1-yl propionate | FL/FR |
| 1- | penten-3-ol | FL/FR |
| | terpinyl propionate | FL/FR |
| hay |
| para- | methyl phenoxyacetaldehyde | FR |
| herbal |
| | viridiflorol | FL/FR |
| melon |
| | melon carboxaldehyde | FR |
| | melon heptenal | FL/FR |
| (Z)-6- | nonen-1-ol | FL/FR |
| (Z)-6- | nonen-1-yl acetate | FL/FR |
| (Z)-6- | nonenal | FL/FR |
| | watermelon ketone | FR |
| mushroom |
| 3- | octen-2-ol | FL/FR |
| phenolic |
| 2'- | hydroxyacetophenone | FL/FR |
| spicy |
| | cinnamyl isovalerate | FL/FR |
| sulfurous |
| | buchu mercaptan | FL/FR |
| | cassis pentanone | FL/FR |
| | grapefruit menthane | FL/FR |
| | lychee mercaptan acetate | FL/FR |
| | mango thiol | FL/FR |
| | passiflora acetate | FL/FR |
| 1- | phenethyl mercaptan | FL/FR |
| S- | tropical 2-thiobutyrate | FL/FR |
| terpenic |
| gamma- | terpinene | FL/FR |
| tropical |
| | genet absolute | FL/FR |
| | hotrienol | FL/FR |
| | tropical 3-thiobutyrate | FL/FR |
| 2- | tropical oxathiane | FL/FR |
| waxy |
| | ethyl nonanoate | FL/FR |
| 2,4- | nonadien-1-ol | FL/FR |
| (Z)-3- | nonen-1-ol | FL/FR |
| | nonyl acetate | FL/FR |
| yeasty |
| 2- | octen-4-one | FL/FR |
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| For Flavor |
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| No flavor group found for these |
| iso | amyl 3-methyl thiopropionate | FL |
| | costus root absolute | FL |
| | costus root resinoid | FL |
| | ethyl 3-octenoate | FL |
| (Z)-3- | hepten-1-ol | FL/FR |
| S-( | methyl thio) hexanoate | FL |
| 1- | phenethyl mercaptan | FL/FR |
| | propyl nonanoate | FL/FR |
| S- | tropical 2-thiobutyrate | FL/FR |
| | viridiflorol | FL/FR |
| acidic |
| 2- | ethyl butyric acid | FL/FR |
| alliaceous |
| | allyl propionate | FL/FR |
| | dipropyl trisulfide | FL |
| | tropical thiazole | FL/FR |
| citrus |
| | grapefruit mercaptan | FL/FR |
| coconut |
| delta- | octalactone | FL/FR |
| cooling |
| | manzanate (Givaudan) | FL/FR |
| fatty |
| | allyl octanoate | FL/FR |
| 2,4- | decadien-1-ol | FL/FR |
| (E,E)-2,4- | decadienal | FL |
| 2,4- | nonadien-1-ol | FL/FR |
| (Z)-2- | nonen-1-ol | FL/FR |
| (Z)-3- | octen-1-ol | FL/FR |
| floral |
| | citronellyl acetate | FL/FR |
| | hotrienol | FL/FR |
| | tropical ionone | FL/FR |
| fruity |
| | allyl hexanoate | FL/FR |
| | amyl butyrate | FL/FR |
| iso | amyl propionate | FL/FR |
| | benzyl isobutyrate | FL/FR |
| | berry pentadienoate | FL/FR |
| | butyl isobutyrate | FL/FR |
| iso | butyl isobutyrate | FL/FR |
| | butyl valerate | FL/FR |
| | cinnamyl isovalerate | FL/FR |
| | cyclohexyl carboxylic acid | FL/FR |
| | diethyl sebacate | FL/FR |
| | ethyl 2-octenoate | FL/FR |
| | geranyl methyl tiglate | |
| 3- | mercaptohexyl hexanoate | FL |
| | methoxymelonal | FL/FR |
| | methyl (E)-3-nonenoate | FL |
| | methyl 2-methyl valerate | FL/FR |
| | methyl 3-nonenoate | FL/FR |
| (Z)-3- | octen-1-yl propionate | FL/FR |
| iso | propyl 2-methyl butyrate | FL/FR |
| iso | propyl formate | FL/FR |
| | propyl hexanoate | FL/FR |
| | propyl isobutyrate | FL/FR |
| | rose butanoate | FL/FR |
| | tetrahydrofurfuryl butyrate | FL/FR |
| | tropical trithiane | FL/FR |
| green |
| | allyl butyrate | FL/FR |
| iso | amyl isovalerate | FL/FR |
| | cassis pentanone | FL/FR |
| (E,Z)-2,6- | dodecadienal | FL/FR |
| | ethyl (E,Z)-2,4-decadienoate | FL/FR |
| | heptanal dimethyl acetal | FL/FR |
| (Z)-3- | hexen-1-yl (Z)-3-hexenoate | FL/FR |
| (Z)-3- | hexen-1-yl acetate | FL/FR |
| (Z)-3- | hexen-1-yl lactate | FL/FR |
| (Z)-3- | hexen-1-yl phenyl acetate | FL/FR |
| (Z)-3- | hexen-1-yl pyruvate | FL/FR |
| 3- | hexenal | FL/FR |
| | hexyl 2-methyl butyrate | FL/FR |
| | melon acetal | FL/FR |
| | melon heptenal | FL/FR |
| | melon nonenoate | FL/FR |
| | methyl octine carbonate | FL/FR |
| (E,Z)-3,6- | nonadien-1-ol | FL/FR |
| 3,6- | nonadien-1-yl acetate | FL/FR |
| (E,Z)-3,6- | nonadien-1-yl acetate | FL/FR |
| (E,E)-2,6- | nonadienal | FL |
| (E)-2- | nonen-1-ol | FL/FR |
| (Z)-6- | nonen-1-yl acetate | FL/FR |
| (Z)-6- | nonenal | FL/FR |
| beta- | ocimene | FL/FR |
| (E,E)-2,4- | octadienal | FL |
| (Z)-5- | octen-1-ol | FL/FR |
| (Z)-5- | octen-1-yl propionate | FL/FR |
| 1- | penten-3-ol | FL/FR |
| | terpinyl propionate | FL/FR |
| hay |
| | genet absolute | FL/FR |
| honey |
| | phenethyl acetate | FL/FR |
| jammy |
| | maltyl isobutyrate | FL/FR |
| juicy |
| | lychee mercaptan acetate | FL/FR |
| meaty |
| 3- | mercapto-2-butanone | FL |
| melon |
| | propyl 2,4-decadienoate | FL/FR |
| mushroom |
| 3- | octen-2-ol | FL/FR |
| musty |
| 3- | octanol | FL/FR |
| naphthyl |
| 2'- | hydroxyacetophenone | FL/FR |
| oily |
| | tetrahydrofurfuryl propionate | FL |
| orris |
| | costus root oil | FL |
| sulfurous |
| | buchu mercaptan | FL/FR |
| | grapefruit menthane | FL/FR |
| | mango thiol | FL/FR |
| | methyl 2-(methyl thio) butyrate | FL |
| 1- | methyl thio-2-propanone | FL |
| | methyl thiomethyl butyrate | FL |
| | tropical 3-thiobutyrate | FL/FR |
| terpenic |
| gamma- | terpinene | FL/FR |
| tropical |
| 3- | mercaptohexyl acetate | FL/FR |
| 3- | mercaptohexyl butyrate | FL |
| | passiflora acetate | FL/FR |
| 2- | tropical oxathiane | FL/FR |
| vegetable |
| 2- | octen-4-one | FL/FR |
| waxy |
| | ethyl nonanoate | FL/FR |
| | geranyl propionate | FL/FR |
| (Z,Z)-3,6- | nonadien-1-ol | FL/FR |
| (Z)-6- | nonen-1-ol | FL/FR |
| (Z)-3- | nonen-1-ol | FL/FR |
| | nonyl acetate | FL/FR |
| winey |
| | methyl nonanoate | FL/FR |
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Potential Uses:
Occurrence (nature, food, other): note
Synonyms:
| | hexyl (3E)-2-methylpent-3-enoate | | | hexyl (E)-2-methyl-3(4)-pentenoate | | | hexyl (E)-2-methylpent-3-en-1-oate | | | hexyl (E)-2-methylpent-3-enoate | | | hexyl 2-methyl-3-pentenoate (high cis) | | | hexyl 2-methyl-3&4-pentenoate (mixture) | | | hexyl-2-methylpent-(3 and 4)-enoate | | (E)-2,3- | methyl pentenoic acid hexyl ester | | 3- | pentenoic acid, 2-methyl-, hexyl ester, (3E)- | | 3- | pentenoic acid, 2-methyl-, hexyl ester, (E)- |
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