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Hexyl butyrate

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Hexyl butyrate Basic information

Product Name:
Hexyl butyrate
Synonyms:
  • 1-Hexyl butyrate
  • 1-hexylbutyrate
  • Butanoicacid,hexylester
  • n-Hexyl butanoate
  • n-Hexyl n-butyrate
  • n-hexylbutanoate
  • Hexyl butyrate63
  • Natural Hexyl Butyrate
CAS:
2639-63-6
MF:
C10H20O2
MW:
172.26
EINECS:
220-136-6
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Mol File:
2639-63-6.mol
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Hexyl butyrate Chemical Properties

Melting point:
-78°C
Boiling point:
205 °C(lit.)
Density 
0.851 g/mL at 25 °C(lit.)
vapor pressure 
30Pa at 20℃
FEMA 
2568 | HEXYL BUTYRATE
refractive index 
n20/D 1.417(lit.)
Flash point:
178 °F
storage temp. 
Store below +30°C.
color 
Colorless to Almost colorless
Odor
at 10.00 % in dipropylene glycol. green sweet fruity apple waxy soapy
Odor Type
green
Water Solubility 
20.3mg/L at 20℃
JECFA Number
153
LogP
4.4 at 35℃
CAS DataBase Reference
2639-63-6(CAS DataBase Reference)
NIST Chemistry Reference
Butanoic acid, hexyl ester(2639-63-6)
EPA Substance Registry System
Butanoic acid, hexyl ester (2639-63-6)
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Safety Information

Risk Statements 
10
Safety Statements 
16
RIDADR 
3272
WGK Germany 
2
RTECS 
ET4203000
HS Code 
2915 60 19
Toxicity
LD50 orally in Rabbit: > 5000 mg/kg LD50 dermal Rabbit > 5000 mg/kg

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Hexyl butyrate Usage And Synthesis

Description

Hexyl butyrate has a characteristic fruity (apricot) odor and a sweet taste suggestive of pineapple. May be synthesized from butyric acid and n-hexyl alcohol in the presence of HCL.

Chemical Properties

Hexyl Butyrate is a liquid with a powerful fruity odor. It has been identified in a number of fruits and berries and is an important constituent of fruit flavor compositions.

Chemical Properties

Hexyl butyrate has a characteristic fruity (apricot) odor and sweet taste suggestive of pineapple.

Occurrence

Reported found in the essential oils of lavender and lavandin and in the oil from fruits of Heracleum giganteum. Also reported found in apple, apricot, banana, citrus peel oils, cranberry, guava, grapes, strawberry fruit and jam, thymus, Gruyere cheese, beer, cognac, rum, cider, tea, passion fruit, plum, plumcot, starfruit, mango, mountain papaya, Chinese quince peel and hog plum (Spondias mombins L.)

Preparation

From butyric acid and n-hexyl alcohol in the presence of HCl

Definition

ChEBI: A fatty acid ester obtained by the formal condensation of hexanol with butyric acid.

Aroma threshold values

Detection: 250 ppb

Taste threshold values

Taste characteristics at 10 ppm: fruity, green, waxy, fatty and vegetative.

Flammability and Explosibility

Not classified

Hexyl butyrate Preparation Products And Raw materials

Raw materials

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