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Category: indirect food additives: adhesives and components of coatings
US / EU / FDA / JECFA / FEMA / FLAVIS / Scholar / Patent Information:
Physical Properties:
| Appearance: | colorless to pale yellow clear liquid (est) |
| Assay: | 95.00 to 100.00 %
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| Food Chemicals Codex Listed: | No |
| Specific Gravity: | 1.03000 @ 25.00 °C.
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| Melting Point: | -1.00 °C. @ 760.00 mm Hg
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| Boiling Point: | 215.00 °C. @ 760.00 mm Hg
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| Boiling Point: | 140.00 °C. @ 35.00 mm Hg
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| Vapor Pressure: | 0.135000 mmHg @ 25.00 °C. |
| Flash Point: | 229.00 °F. TCC ( 109.44 °C. )
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| logP (o/w): | 0.422 (est) |
| Soluble in: |
| | water, 2.786e+004 mg/L @ 25 °C (est) |
Organoleptic Properties:
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| Odor and/or flavor descriptions from others (if found). |
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Cosmetic Information:
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Safety Information:
| Preferred SDS: View |
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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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| Hazard statement(s) |
| None found. |
| Precautionary statement(s) |
| None found. |
| Oral/Parenteral Toxicity: |
oral-rat LD50 4290 mg/kg AMA Archives of Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Medicine. Vol. 10, Pg. 61, 1954.
intraperitoneal-mouse LD50 1300 mg/kg JNCI, Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Vol. 62, Pg. 911, 1979.
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| Dermal Toxicity: |
skin-rabbit LD50 5990 ul/kg AMA Archives of Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Medicine. Vol. 10, Pg. 61, 1954.
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| Inhalation Toxicity: |
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Not determined
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Safety in Use Information:
| Category: | indirect food additives: adhesives and components of coatings |
| Recommendation for epsilon-caprolactone usage levels up to: | | | not for fragrance use.
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| Recommendation for epsilon-caprolactone flavor usage levels up to: |
| | not for flavor use.
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Safety References:
| 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) on a request from the Commission related to the introduction of a Fat (consumption) Reduction Factor for infants and children. View page or View pdf |
| EPI System: | View |
| AIDS Citations: | Search |
| Cancer Citations: | Search |
| Toxicology Citations: | Search |
| EPA GENetic TOXicology: | Search |
| EPA Substance Registry Services (TSCA): | 502-44-3 |
| EPA ACToR: | Toxicology Data |
| EPA Substance Registry Services (SRS): | Registry |
| Laboratory Chemical Safety Summary : | 10401 |
| National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases: | Data |
| WGK Germany: | 2 |
| | oxepan-2-one |
| Chemidplus: | 0000502443 |
| RTECS: | MO8400000 for cas# 502-44-3 |
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Other Information:
Potential Blenders and core components note
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Occurrence (nature, food, other): note
Synonyms:
| | caprolactone | | 1-oxa-2-oxo | cycloheptane | | 2-oxa | cycloheptanone | | 2-oxo | hexamethylene oxide | | | hexamethylene oxide, 2-oxo- | | | hexan-6-olide | | 6- | hexanolactone | | 1,6- | hexanolide | | 6- | hexanolide | | 6- | hydroxyhexan-6-olide | | 6- | hydroxyhexanoic acid lactone | | | oxepan-2-one | | 2- | oxepanone | | | placcel M |
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