3-OCTYL ACETATE Chemical Properties

Melting point:

-65.75°C (estimate)

Boiling point:

99 °C18 mm Hg(lit.)

Density 

0.86 g/mL at 25 °C(lit.)

refractive index 

n20/D 1.415(lit.)

FEMA 

3583 | 3-OCTYL ACETATE

Flash point:

157 °F

Odor

at 100.00 %. fresh bergamot woody green grapefruit rose apple mint

Odor Type

herbal

JECFA Number

313

LogP

3.712 (est)

EPA Substance Registry System

3-Octanol, acetate (4864-61-3)

Safety Information

Hazard Codes 

Xi

Risk Statements 

36/38

Safety Statements 

26-36/37

WGK Germany 

2

MSDS

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3-OCTYL ACETATE Usage And Synthesis

Description

3-Octyl acetate has a characteristic, complex aroma with a rose and jasmine note and an apple-lemon undertone with a sweet, peach-like flavor.

Chemical Properties

3-Octyl acetate has a characteristic, complex aroma with a rose and jasmine note and an apple-lemon undertone with a sweet, peach-like flavor.

Occurrence

Reported found in the peppermint and pennyroyal oil (Mentha pulegium L.), spearmint oil (Mentha spicata L.), Scotch spearmint oil (Mentha cardiaca Ger.), other Mentha oils and heated beef fat.

Definition

ChEBI: 3-Octyl acetate is a carboxylic ester.

Taste threshold values

Taste characteristics at 10 ppm: green, oily and waxy with a weak minty and tropical nuance.

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