HEXYL FORMATE
- CAS NO.：629-33-4
- Empirical Formula: C7H14O2
- Molecular Weight: 130.18
- MDL number: MFCD00046146
- EINECS: 211-087-1
- SAFETY DATA SHEET (SDS)
- Update Date: 2024-06-26 09:32:39
What is HEXYL FORMATE?
Description
Hexyl formate has a fruity, apple-like or unripe-plum odor and a corresponding sweet taste. May be synthesized by prolonged boiling of n-hexyl alcohol and formic acid, or by azeotropic distillation of the alcohol and isopropyl formate.
Chemical properties
Colorless liquid
Chemical properties
Hexyl formate has a fruity, apple-like or unripe-plum odor; corresponding sweet taste.
Occurrence
Reported found in peach, grape, apple, strawberry, tea, plum, licorice, corn oil, wax gourd and black choke cherry
The Uses of HEXYL FORMATE
Hexyl formate is used mostly in flavor compositions. Jts application in perfumes - if any - is limited to traces in topnote compositions and in reconstructed essential oils (Geranium, Lavender, etc.). Hexyl formate is used quite widely in fruit flavors for imitation Apple, Cherry, Gooseberry, Umon, Orange, Pineapple, Plum, Strawberry, Raspbemy, etc. and in various fruit complexes, Tutti-frutti compositions, etc. The concentration used is normally about 10 to 50 ppm in the finished product.
Preparation
By prolonged boiling of n-hexyl alcohol and formic acid, or by azeotropic distillation of the alcohol and isopropyl formate
Definition
ChEBI: Hexyl formate is a carboxylic ester.
Properties of HEXYL FORMATE
| Melting point: | −63 °C(lit.) |
| Boiling point: | 155-156 °C(lit.) |
| Density | 0.879 g/mL at 25 °C(lit.) |
| refractive index | n |
| FEMA | 2570 | HEXYL FORMATE |
| Flash point: | 118 °F |
| solubility | Slightly soluble in water, soluble in alcohol and Propylene glycol, miscible with oils. |
| form | clear liquid |
| color | Colorless to Almost colorless |
| Specific Gravity | 0.89 |
| Odor | at 10.00 % in dipropylene glycol. apple unripe plum banana sweet |
| JECFA Number | 120 |
| BRN | 1701629 |
| CAS DataBase Reference | 629-33-4(CAS DataBase Reference) |
| EPA Substance Registry System | Formic acid, hexyl ester (629-33-4) |
Safety information for HEXYL FORMATE
| Signal word | Warning |
| Pictogram(s) |
 Flame Flammables GHS02 |
| GHS Hazard Statements |
H226:Flammable liquids |
| Precautionary Statement Codes |
P210:Keep away from heat/sparks/open flames/hot surfaces. — No smoking. P370+P378:In case of fire: Use … for extinction. |
Computed Descriptors for HEXYL FORMATE
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