Category: flavor and fragrance agents
US / EU / FDA / JECFA / FEMA / FLAVIS / Scholar / Patent Information:
Physical Properties:
Organoleptic Properties:
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Odor Type: fruity |
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| fruity plum rummy brandy |
Odor Description: at 10.00 % in dipropylene glycol. | fruity plum rum brandy |
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Odor and/or flavor descriptions from others (if found). |
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Cosmetic Information:
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Safety Information:
Preferred SDS: View |
European information : |
Most important hazard(s): | Xi - Irritant |
R 11 - Highly flammable. R 36/37 - Irritating to eyes and respiratory system. S 02 - Keep out of the reach of children. S 16 - Keep away from sources of ignition - No Smoking. S 23 - Do not breath vapour. S 24/25 - Avoid contact with skin and eyes. S 26 - In case of contact with eyes, rinse immediately with plenty of water and seek medical advice. S 36 - Wear suitable protective clothing.
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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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Hazard statement(s) |
None found. |
Precautionary statement(s) |
None found. |
Oral/Parenteral Toxicity: |
oral-rabbit LD50 2656 mg/kg Industrial Medicine and Surgery. Vol. 41, Pg. 31, 1972.
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Dermal Toxicity: |
Not determined
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Inhalation Toxicity: |
inhalation-cat LCLo 10418 ppm/70M BEHAVIORAL: MUSCLE CONTRACTION OR SPASTICITY)
SENSE ORGANS AND SPECIAL SENSES: CONJUNCTIVE IRRITATION: EYE
LUNGS, THORAX, OR RESPIRATION: OTHER CHANGES AMA Archives of Industrial Health. Vol. 20, Pg. 517, 1959.
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Safety in Use Information:
Category: | flavor and fragrance agents |
RIFM Fragrance Material Safety Assessment: Search |
IFRA Code of Practice Notification of the 49th Amendment to the IFRA Code of Practice |
Recommendation for butyl formate usage levels up to: | | 0.5000 % in the fragrance concentrate.
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Maximised Survey-derived Daily Intakes (MSDI-EU): | 21.00 (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: 3 |
Click here to view publication 3 |
| average usual ppm | average maximum ppm |
baked goods: | - | 9.10000 |
beverages(nonalcoholic): | - | 2.90000 |
beverages(alcoholic): | - | - |
breakfast cereal: | - | - |
cheese: | - | - |
chewing gum: | - | - |
condiments / relishes: | - | - |
confectionery froastings: | - | - |
egg products: | - | - |
fats / oils: | - | - |
fish products: | - | - |
frozen dairy: | - | 3.20000 |
fruit ices: | - | 3.20000 |
gelatins / puddings: | - | 5.00000 |
granulated sugar: | - | - |
gravies: | - | - |
hard candy: | - | 11.00000 |
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: | - | - |
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Other Information:
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Occurrence (nature, food, other): note
Synonyms:
N- | butyl formate | | butyl formate natural | | butyl methanoate | N- | butyl methanoate | | butyl-formate | | butylformate | | formic acid butyl ester | | formic acid n-butyl ester | | formic acid, butyl ester |
Articles:
PubMed: | Hydrogen abstraction from n-butyl formate by H˙ and HO₂˙. |
PubMed: | Impact of activation methods on persulfate oxidation of methyl tert-butyl ether. |
PubMed: | Degradation of tert-butyl formate and its intermediates by an ozone/UV process. |
PubMed: | Predicting methyl tert-butyl ether, tert-butyl formate, and tert-butyl alcohol levels in the environment using the fugacity approach. |
PubMed: | Roles of tert-butyl formate, tert-butyl alcohol and acetone in the regulation of methyl tert-butyl ether degradation by Mycobacterium austroafricanum IFP 2012. |
PubMed: | Ultrasonic relaxation and internal rotation in butyl formate. |
PubMed: | Conversion of biomass-derived levulinate and formate esters into γ-valerolactone over supported gold catalysts. |
PubMed: | Application of persulfate-releasing barrier to remediate MTBE and benzene contaminated groundwater. |
PubMed: | Effectiveness of UV-based advanced oxidation processes for the remediation of hydrocarbon pollution in the groundwater: a laboratory investigation. |
PubMed: | Kinetics and products of reactions of MTBE with ozone and ozone/hydrogen peroxide in water. |
PubMed: | Toxicities of 31 volatile low molecular weight compounds against Aedes aegypti and Culex quinquefasciatus. |
PubMed: | Oxygen-atom transfer from carbon dioxide to a Fischer carbene at (PNP)Ir. |
PubMed: | Methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) degradation by ferrous ion-activated persulfate oxidation: feasibility and kinetics studies. |
PubMed: | Enhanced bioremediation of methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) by microbial consortia obtained from contaminated aquifer material. |
PubMed: | Photocatalytic degradation of methyl tert-butyl ether in the gas-phase: a kinetic study. |
PubMed: | Temperature effect on tert-butyl alcohol (TBA) biodegradation kinetics in hyporheic zone soils. |
PubMed: | Degradation of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) by anodic Fenton treatment. |
PubMed: | Simultaneous determination of methyl tert-butyl ether, its degradation products and other gasoline additives in soil samples by closed-system purge-and-trap gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. |
PubMed: | Determination of naturally occurring MTBE biodegradation by analysing metabolites and biodegradation by-products. |
PubMed: | Simultaneous decontamination of hexavalent chromium and methyl tert-butyl ether by UV/TiO2 process. |
PubMed: | Isolation and characterization of a new Mycobacterium austroafricanum strain, IFP 2015, growing on MTBE. |
PubMed: | Oxidation kinetics and effect of pH on the degradation of MTBE with Fenton reagent. |
PubMed: | Air-water transfer of MTBE, its degradation products, and alternative fuel oxygenates: the role of temperature. |
PubMed: | Degradation of MTBE in dilute aqueous solution by gamma radiolysis. |
PubMed: | Chemical oxidative degradation of methyl tert-butyl ether in aqueous solution by Fenton's reagent. |
PubMed: | Degradation mechanism of t-butyl methyl ether (MTBE) in atmospheric droplets. |
PubMed: | Sonolytic degradation of methyl tert-butyl ether: the role of coupled Fenton process and persulphate ion. |
PubMed: | Photocatalytic destruction of methyl tert-butyl ether in the gas phase using titanium dioxide. |
PubMed: | Reductive activation of dioxygen for degradation of methyl tert-butyl ether by bifunctional aluminum. |
PubMed: | Attenuation of methyl tert-butyl ether in water using sunlight and a photocatalyst. |
PubMed: | Biodegradation of methyl tert-butyl ether and other fuel oxygenates by a new strain, Mycobacterium austroafricanum IFP 2012. |
PubMed: | MTBE oxidation by conventional ozonation and the combination ozone/hydrogen peroxide: efficiency of the processes and bromate formation. |
PubMed: | [Degradation of methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) by O3/H2O2]. |
PubMed: | Effect of oxidant-to-substrate ratios on the degradation of MTBE with Fenton reagent. |
PubMed: | Pathway, inhibition and regulation of methyl tertiary butyl ether oxidation in a filamentous fungus, Graphium sp. |
PubMed: | Effect of chlorides and sulfates on the performance of a Fe3+/H2O2 Fenton-like system in the degradation of methyl tert-butyl ether and its byproducts. |
PubMed: | Influence of inorganic ions on MTBE degradation by Fenton's reagent. |
PubMed: | Heat capacity of associated systems. Experimental data and application of a two-state model to pure liquids and mixtures. |
PubMed: | Bioremediation of groundwater contaminated with gasoline hydrocarbons and oxygenates using a membrane-based reactor. |
PubMed: | Fate of gasoline oxygenates in conventional and multilevel wells of a contaminated groundwater table in Düsseldorf, Germany. |
PubMed: | Positive ion chemistry of esters of carboxylic acids in air plasma at atmospheric pressure. |
PubMed: | Biotic and abiotic transformations of methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE). |
PubMed: | Induction of methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE)-oxidizing activity in Mycobacterium vaccae JOB5 by MTBE. |
PubMed: | Cometabolism of methyl tertiary butyl ether and gaseous n-alkanes by Pseudomonas mendocina KR-1 grown on C5 to C8 n-alkanes. |
PubMed: | MTBE oxidation byproducts from the treatment of surface waters by ozonation and UV-ozonation. |
PubMed: | Treatment of methyl tert-butyl ether contaminated water using a dense medium plasma reactor: a mechanistic and kinetic investigation. |
PubMed: | Simultaneous determination of methyl tert.-butyl ether and its degradation products, other gasoline oxygenates and benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylenes in Catalonian groundwater by purge-and-trap-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. |
PubMed: | Characterization of the initial reactions during the cometabolic oxidation of methyl tert-butyl ether by propane-grown Mycobacterium vaccae JOB5. |
PubMed: | Kinetics of heat-assisted persulfate oxidation of methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE). |
PubMed: | Simultaneous determination of fuel oxygenates and BTEX using direct aqueous injection gas chromatography mass spectrometry (DAI-GC/MS). |
PubMed: | Isolation and characterization of two aerobic bacterial strains that completely degrade ethyl tert-butyl ether (ETBE). |
PubMed: | Aerobic biodegradation of an oxygenates mixture: ETBE, MTBE and TAME in an upflow fixed-bed reactor. |
PubMed: | Metabolism of Diethyl Ether and Cometabolism of Methyl tert-Butyl Ether by a Filamentous Fungus, a Graphium sp. |
PubMed: | Biodegradation of methyl t-butyl ether by pure bacterial cultures. |
PubMed: | Gallium-68 labeling of albumin and albumin microspheres. |
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