METHYL LAURATE Chemical Properties

Melting point:

4-5 °C (lit.)

Boiling point:

262 °C/766 mmHg (lit.)

Density 

0.87 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

vapor pressure 

0.55Pa at 25℃

FEMA 

2715 | METHYL LAURATE

refractive index 

n20/D 1.432

Flash point:

>230 °F

storage temp. 

room temp

solubility 

water: insoluble0.00759g/L at 25°C (practically)

form 

Liquid

color 

Clear colorless to slightly yellow

Odor

at 100.00 %. waxy soapy creamy coconut mushroom

Odor Type

waxy

Water Solubility 

Not miscible in water. Soluble in alcohol, dipropylene glycol.

JECFA Number

180

BRN 

1767780

Dielectric constant

3.6000000000000001

InChIKey

UQDUPQYQJKYHQI-UHFFFAOYSA-N

LogP

5.41 at 36℃

CAS DataBase Reference

111-82-0(CAS DataBase Reference)

EPA Substance Registry System

Methyl laurate (111-82-0)

Safety Information

Hazard Codes 

N

Risk Statements 

50

Safety Statements 

24/25-61

RIDADR 

UN 3082 9 / PGIII

WGK Germany 

1

RTECS 

OF0670000

TSCA 

Yes

HS Code 

2915 90 30

Hazardous Substances Data

111-82-0(Hazardous Substances Data)

Toxicity

LD50 orally in Rabbit: > 2000 mg/kg

MSDS

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METHYL LAURATE Usage And Synthesis

Description

Methyl laurate has a fatty, floral odor reminiscent of wine. It can be used as a flavor ingredient in foods and pharmaceuticals, and as fragrance in perfumes. As an intermediate, methyl laurate is used for detergents, emulsifier, wetting agents, stabilizers, lubricants, plasticizers, textiles, plastics, and cosmetics. It can also be used as lubricant in textile spin finishes and emollient in cosmetics. It can be used as solvent, co-solvent, oil carrier for agric, pesticides and herbicides. It is also used as defoamer in food-contact coatings and paper/paperboards and it is used in resin-bonded filters for food contact.

References

[1] Michael Ash, Handbook of Green Chemicals, 2004
[2] George A. Burdock, Encyclopedia of Food and Color Additives, Volume 1, 1996

Description

Methyl laurate has a fatty, floral odor reminiscent of wine. May be prepared by prolonged boiling of lauric acid with methanol in the presence of sulfuric acid. Methyl Laurate is a flavour ketone produced in a reaction biocatalyzed by microencapsulated fungal spores. Also used in production of biodiesel.

Chemical Properties

Methyl laurate has a fatty, floral odor reminiscent of wine.

Chemical Properties

clear colorless to slightly yellow liquid

Occurrence

Reported found in orris absolute, strawberry, apple, bilberry, rum, coconut, grapes, melon, papaya, pineapple, blackberry, mustard, cheeses, hop oil, cognac, white wine, cocoa, oats, plumcot, elderberry juice, loquat, babaco fruit (Carica pentagona Heilborn), Bourbon vanilla, mountain papaya, Chinese cabbage, mussels, cape gooseberry, pawpaw, banana, berries and blue cheese

Uses

Methyl dodecanoate used in production of biodiesel. It has been used in selective synthesis of the secondary amide surfactant, N-methyl lauroylethanolamide. It is also utilized as emollients, perfuming agents skin conditioning.

Uses

Methyl laurate has been used in selective synthesis of the secondary amide surfactant, N-methyl lauroylethanolamide.

Definition

ChEBI: A fatty acid methyl ester of lauric acid.

Taste threshold values

Taste characteristics at 20 ppm: waxy, creamy, fatty with soapy, coconut nuances

Synthesis Reference(s)

The Journal of Organic Chemistry, 54, p. 1213, 1989 DOI: 10.1021/jo00266a046
Synthetic Communications, 9, p. 539, 1979 DOI: 10.1080/00397917908060958

General Description

Hydrogenation of methyl laurate catalyzed by diatomite supported Pd-M (M=Cu, Co, Ni) bimetal nanocatalysts has been reported. IR absorption spectrum of methyl laurate in carbon tetrachloride and carbon disulphide solutions has been compared with the spectra of derivatives deuterated in the ω-methyl group and α-methylene groups.

Flammability and Explosibility

Non flammable

Purification Methods

Pass the ester through alumina before use, and distil it in a vacuum. [Beilstein 2 IV 1090.]

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