ALLYL CAPRYLATE Chemical Properties

Melting point:

-58.7°C (estimate)

Boiling point:

87-88 °C6 mm Hg(lit.)

Density 

0.881 g/mL at 25 °C(lit.)

refractive index 

n20/D 1.432(lit.)

FEMA 

2037 | ALLYL OCTANOATE

Flash point:

203 °F

solubility 

Insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.

Odor

Powerful fruity, slightly fatty Banana-Pineapple like odor with a somewhat oily-winey undertone.

Odor Type

waxy

JECFA Number

5

LogP

4.18

EPA Substance Registry System

Octanoic acid, 2-propenyl ester (4230-97-1)

Safety Information

Hazard Codes 

Xi

Risk Statements 

36/37/38

Safety Statements 

26-36

WGK Germany 

3

RTECS 

RH0365000

Toxicity

rat,LD50,oral,570mg/kg (570mg/kg),Food and Cosmetics Toxicology. Vol. 16, Pg. 643, 1978.

MSDS

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ALLYL CAPRYLATE Usage And Synthesis

Chemical Properties

Allyl octanoate has a fruity odor and oily-winy undernote. It has a pineapple, banana, fatty, fruity taste

Uses

Allyl Caprylate is a synthetic flavoring agent that is a colorless to light yellow liquid and has a fruity odor. It is alkali and mineral acid unstable and should be stored in glass, tin, or resin-lined containers. It is used to give flavors a fruity note and has application in dessert gels, puddings, beverages, and candy at 3–25 ppm.

Preparation

By esterification of caprylic acid with allyl alcohol in benzene in the presence of naphthalene-β-sulfonic acid.

Definition

ChEBI: 2-Propenyl octanoate is a fatty acid ester.

Taste threshold values

Taste characteristics at 10 ppm: fatty, fruity, pineapple tropical-like

Safety Profile

Moderately toxic by ingestion. A skin irritant. See also ALLYL COMPOUNDS and ESTERS. When heated to decomposition it emits acrid smoke and irritating fumes.

ALLYL CAPRYLATE(4230-97-1)Related Product Information

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• Vitamin A palmitate
• ALLYL CYCLOHEXANEBUTYRATE
• Allyl cyclohexylpropionate
• ALLYL UNDECYLENATE
• ALLYL STEARATE
• ALLYL CAPRYLATE
• Gibberellic acid
• Octanoic acid
• ALLYL LAURATE
• DIALLYL AZELATE
• GERANYL CAPRYLATE
• ALLYL DECANOATE
• GERANYL PELARGONATE
• ALLYL PALMITATE
• ALLYL MYRISTATE
• ALLYL PERFLUORONONANOATE
• DIALLYL SUBERATE