TERPINYL ACETATE Property

Boiling point:

220 °C(lit.)

Density 

0.953 g/mL at 25 °C(lit.)

refractive index 

n20/D 1.465(lit.)

FEMA 

3047 | TERPINYL ACETATE (ISOMER MIXTURE)

Flash point:

>230 °F

Odor

at 100.00 %. sweet herbal bergamot pine lavender floral

Odor Type

herbal

JECFA Number

368

LogP

3.590

EPA Substance Registry System

Terpineol, acetate (8007-35-0)

Safety

Hazard Codes 

Xi

Risk Statements 

36/38

Safety Statements 

26-36

WGK Germany 

2

RTECS 

OT0200000

Hazard and Precautionary Statements (GHS)

Symbol(GHS)

Signal word

Warning

Hazard statements

H411Toxic to aquatic life with long lasting effects

TERPINYL ACETATE Chemical Properties,Usage,Production

Chemical Properties

Terpinyl acetate has a sweet, refreshing, herbaceous odor.

Occurrence

Reported found in essential oils of cypress, Malabar cardamom, cajeput, niaouli, Siberian pine needles, pine, Melaleuca trichostachya, Melaleuca pauciflora and in the essential oil of bitter orange. Also reported found in sweet and bitter orange peel, bitter orange peel oil, grapefruit juice, black currant, cinnamon, clove bud, garlic, cocoa, tea, pepper, mace, sweet and wild marjoram, cardamom, ginger, nutmeg thymus, coriander seed, lovage leaf, lovage root, laurel, myrtle leaf, myrtle berry, clary sage, lemon balm, eucalyptus oil, mastic gum oil and Spanish sage.

Definition

ChEBI: Alpha-Terpinyl acetate is a p-menthane monoterpenoid.

Preparation

By acetylation of α-terpineol or mixed isomeric terpineols.

Aroma threshold values

Detection: 2.5 ppm

Taste threshold values

Taste characteristics at 12.5 ppm: woody, citrus, spicy, floral, grapefruit and seedy