Category: flavoring agents
US / EU / FDA / JECFA / FEMA / FLAVIS / Scholar / Patent Information:
Physical Properties:
Appearance: | colorless clear liquid (est) |
Assay: | 96.00 to 100.00 %
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Food Chemicals Codex Listed: | No |
Specific Gravity: | 0.97400 to 0.98000 @ 25.00 °C.
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Pounds per Gallon - (est).: | 8.105 to 8.155
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Refractive Index: | 1.41700 to 1.42700 @ 20.00 °C.
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Boiling Point: | 104.00 °C. @ 22.00 mm Hg
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Boiling Point: | 90.00 °C. @ 10.00 mm Hg
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Vapor Pressure: | 0.243000 mmHg @ 25.00 °C. (est) |
Flash Point: | 173.00 °F. TCC ( 78.33 °C. )
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logP (o/w): | 1.386 (est) |
Soluble in: |
| alcohol | | fats | | water, slightly | | water, 1.508e+004 mg/L @ 25 °C (est) |
Organoleptic Properties:
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Odor Type: green |
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| sweet green sweaty fruity berry |
Odor Description: at 100.00 %. | sweet green sweaty fruity berry |
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| sweet green sweaty fruity |
Odor Description:
| Sweet, green, sweaty with fruity notes Mosciano, Gerard P&F 15, No. 1, 19, (1990) |
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Flavor Type: fruity |
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| fruity pineapple green sweet licorice vanilla |
Taste Description: at 50.00 ppm. | Fruity, pineapple, green with sweet licorice and vanilla notes Mosciano, Gerard P&F 15, No. 1, 19, (1990) |
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Odor and/or flavor descriptions from others (if found). |
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Cosmetic Information:
Suppliers:
Safety Information:
Preferred SDS: View |
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Hazards identification |
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Classification of the substance or mixture |
GHS Classification in accordance with 29 CFR 1910 (OSHA HCS) |
None found. |
GHS Label elements, including precautionary statements |
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Pictogram | |
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Hazard statement(s) |
None found. |
Precautionary statement(s) |
None found. |
Oral/Parenteral Toxicity: |
oral-rat LD50 > 300 mg/kg United States Patent Document. Vol. #5217973
oral-mouse LD50 8000 mg/kg (Pellmont, 1973a)
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Dermal Toxicity: |
Not determined
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Inhalation Toxicity: |
Not determined
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Safety in Use Information:
Category: | flavoring agents |
Recommendation for ethyl 3-oxohexanoate usage levels up to: | | not for fragrance use.
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Maximised Survey-derived Daily Intakes (MSDI-EU): | 0.024 (μg/capita/day) |
Use levels for FEMA GRAS flavoring substances on which the FEMA Expert Panel based its judgments that the substances are generally recognized as safe (GRAS). |
The Expert Panel also publishes separate extensive reviews of scientific information on all FEMA GRAS flavoring substances and can be found at FEMA Flavor Ingredient Library |
publication number: 13 |
Click here to view publication 13 |
| average usual ppm | average maximum ppm |
baked goods: | - | 5.00000 |
beverages(nonalcoholic): | - | 1.50000 |
beverages(alcoholic): | - | 3.00000 |
breakfast cereal: | - | - |
cheese: | - | - |
chewing gum: | - | - |
condiments / relishes: | - | - |
confectionery froastings: | - | 3.00000 |
egg products: | - | - |
fats / oils: | - | 2.50000 |
fish products: | - | - |
frozen dairy: | - | - |
fruit ices: | - | 2.50000 |
gelatins / puddings: | - | 3.00000 |
granulated sugar: | - | - |
gravies: | - | - |
hard candy: | - | 7.50000 |
imitation dairy: | - | - |
instant coffee / tea: | - | - |
jams / jellies: | - | - |
meat products: | - | - |
milk products: | - | - |
nut products: | - | - |
other grains: | - | - |
poultry: | - | - |
processed fruits: | - | - |
processed vegetables: | - | - |
reconstituted vegetables: | - | - |
seasonings / flavors: | - | - |
snack foods: | - | - |
soft candy: | - | - |
soups: | - | - |
sugar substitutes: | - | - |
sweet sauces: | - | - |
Safety References:
European Food Safety Athority(EFSA): | Flavor usage levels; Subacute, Subchronic, Chronic and Carcinogenicity Studies; Developmental / Reproductive Toxicity Studies; Genotoxicity Studies... |
European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) reference(s): |
Opinion of the Scientific Panel on Food Additives, Flavourings, Processing Aids and Materials in contact with Food (AFC) on a request from the Commission related to - Flavouring Group Evaluation 10: Aliphatic primary and secondary saturated and unsaturated alcohols, aldehydes, acetals, carboxylic acids and esters containing an additional oxygenated functional group and lactones from chemical groups 9, 13 and 30 - (Commission Regulation (EC) No 1565/2000 of 18 July 2000) View page or View pdf |
Flavouring Group Evaluation 10, Revision 1 (FGE10 Rev1)[1] - Aliphatic primary and secondary saturated and unsaturated alcohols, aldehydes, acetals, carboxylic acids and esters containing an additional oxygenated functional group and lactones from chemical groups 9, 13 and 30 - Scientific Opinion of the Panel on Food Additives, Flavourings, Processing Aids and Materials in Contact with Food (AFC) View page or View pdf |
Scientific Opinion on Flavouring Group Evaluation 10, Revision 2 (FGE.10Rev2): Aliphatic primary and secondary saturated and unsaturated alcohols, aldehydes, acetals, carboxylic acids and esters containing an additional oxygenated functional group and lactones from chemical groups 9, 13 and 30 View page or View pdf |
EPI System: | View |
AIDS Citations: | Search |
Cancer Citations: | Search |
Toxicology Citations: | Search |
EPA ACToR: | Toxicology Data |
EPA Substance Registry Services (SRS): | Registry |
Laboratory Chemical Safety Summary : | 238498 |
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases: | Data |
WGK Germany: | 3 |
| ethyl 3-oxohexanoate |
Chemidplus: | 0003249681 |
RTECS: | MO8420500 for cas# 3249-68-1 |
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Other Information:
Potential Blenders and core components note
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Occurrence (nature, food, other): note
Synonyms:
| butyrylacetic acid ethyl ester | | ethyl 3-oxocaproate | | ethyl a-butyrylacetate | | ethyl alpha-butyryl acetate | | ethyl beta-ketohexanoate | | ethyl butanoylacetate | | ethyl butyroacetate | | ethyl butyryl acetate | | ethyl butyrylacetate | | ethyl-3-oxohexanoate | | green butyroacetate | 3-keto-n- | hexanoic acid ethyl ester | 3-oxo- | hexanoic acid ethyl ester | | hexanoic acid, 3-oxo-, ethyl ester |
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