3-OCTENOIC ACID Chemical Properties

Melting point:

1.7°C (estimate)

Boiling point:

237-240°C

Density 

0.9565 (rough estimate)

FEMA 

4362 | 3-OCTENOIC ACID

refractive index 

1.4420-1.4470

Flash point:

>110 °C

storage temp. 

Inert atmosphere,Room Temperature

form 

clear liquid

pka

4.51±0.10(Predicted)

color 

Colorless to Light yellow to Light orange

Odor

at 100.00 %. oily fatty

Odor Type

fatty

JECFA Number

1627

LogP

2.363 (est)

EPA Substance Registry System

3-Octenoic acid (1577-19-1)

Safety Information

Hazard Codes 

C

Risk Statements 

34

Safety Statements 

26-36/37/39-45

RIDADR 

3265

HS Code 

2916.19.3000

HazardClass 

8

PackingGroup 

III

3-OCTENOIC ACID Usage And Synthesis

Chemical Properties

White solid; oily, fatty aroma.

Uses

3-Octenoic acid is a fatty acid used as a synthetic building block, and is naturally found bioactive component in some plant extracts, such as Bryonopsis laciniosa fruit extract.

Definition

ChEBI: Trans-beta-octenoic acid is a medium-chain fatty acid.

Aroma threshold values

Fatty type, medium strength odor.

Synthesis Reference(s)

Canadian Journal of Chemistry, 44, p. 2241, 1966 DOI: 10.1139/v66-339

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