Category: flavoring agents
US / EU / FDA / JECFA / FEMA / FLAVIS / Scholar / Patent Information:
Physical Properties:
Appearance: | pale yellow to amber clear liquid (est) |
Assay: | 97.00 to 100.00 %
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Food Chemicals Codex Listed: | No |
Specific Gravity: | 1.00300 to 1.00900 @ 25.00 °C.
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Pounds per Gallon - (est).: | 8.346 to 8.396
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Refractive Index: | 1.51500 to 1.52000 @ 20.00 °C.
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Boiling Point: | 100.00 °C. @ 4.00 mm Hg
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Vapor Pressure: | 0.010400 mmHg @ 25.00 °C. (est) |
Flash Point: | 216.00 °F. TCC ( 102.22 °C. )
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logP (o/w): | 2.772 (est) |
Soluble in: |
| alcohol | | water, slightly | | water, 96.61 mg/L @ 25 °C (est) |
Insoluble in: |
| water |
Organoleptic Properties:
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Odor Type: nutty |
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Odor Strength: | high , recommend smelling in a 0.10 % solution or less |
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| green musty nutty |
Odor Description: at 0.10 % in dipropylene glycol. | green musty nutty |
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Odor and/or flavor descriptions from others (if found). |
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Cosmetic Information:
Suppliers:
Safety Information:
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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: |
gavage-mouse LD50 [sex: M,F] 2673 mg/kg (Babish, 1978a)
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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 cyclohexyl methyl pyrazine usage levels up to: | | not for fragrance use.
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Maximised Survey-derived Daily Intakes (MSDI-EU): | 0.012 (μg/capita/day) |
Maximised Survey-derived Daily Intakes (MSDI-USA): | 0.01 (μg/capita/day) |
Structure Class: | III |
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: 12 |
Click here to view publication 12 |
| average usual ppm | average maximum ppm |
baked goods: | - | 1.00000 |
beverages(nonalcoholic): | - | - |
beverages(alcoholic): | - | - |
breakfast cereal: | - | - |
cheese: | - | - |
chewing gum: | - | - |
condiments / relishes: | - | - |
confectionery froastings: | - | 0.50000 |
egg products: | - | - |
fats / oils: | - | - |
fish products: | - | - |
frozen dairy: | - | - |
fruit ices: | - | - |
gelatins / puddings: | - | 0.50000 |
granulated sugar: | - | - |
gravies: | - | - |
hard candy: | - | - |
imitation dairy: | - | 0.20000 |
instant coffee / tea: | - | - |
jams / jellies: | - | - |
meat products: | - | - |
milk products: | - | - |
nut products: | - | 0.50000 |
other grains: | - | - |
poultry: | - | - |
processed fruits: | - | - |
processed vegetables: | - | - |
reconstituted vegetables: | - | - |
seasonings / flavors: | - | - |
snack foods: | - | 1.00000 |
soft candy: | - | 0.50000 |
soups: | - | - |
sugar substitutes: | - | - |
sweet sauces: | - | - |
Safety References:
Flavor & Extract Manufacturers Association (FEMA) reference(s): |
The FEMA GRAS assessment of pyrazine derivatives used as flavor ingredients. View pdf |
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 17 (FGE.17): Pyrazine derivatives from chemical group 24 (Commission Regulation (EC) No 1565/2000 of 18 July 2000) View page or View pdf |
Flavouring Group Evaluation 50 (FGE.50): Consideration of pyrazine derivatives evaluated by JECFA (57th meeting) structurally related to pyrazine derivatives evaluated by EFSA in FGE.17 (2005) (Commission Regulation (EC) No 1565/2000 of 18 July 2000) - Opinion of the Scientific Panel on Food Additives, Flavourings, Processing Aids and Materials in contact with Food (AFC) View page or View pdf |
Flavouring Group Evaluation 17, Revision 1 (FGE.17Rev1): Pyrazine derivatives from chemical group 24 - Opinion of the Scientific Panel on Food Additives, Flavourings, Processing Aids and Materials in contact with Food (AFC) [1] View page or View pdf |
Scientific Opinion on Flavouring Group Evaluation 17, Revision 2 (FGE.17Rev2): Pyrazine derivatives from chemical group 24 View page or View pdf |
Scientific Opinion on Flavouring Group Evaluation 50, Revision 1 (FGE.50Rev1): Consideration of pyrazine derivatives evaluated by JECFA (57th meeting) structurally related to pyrazine derivatives evaluated by EFSA in FGE.17Rev2 (2010) View page or View pdf |
EPI System: | View |
AIDS Citations: | Search |
Cancer Citations: | Search |
Toxicology Citations: | Search |
EPA Substance Registry Services (TSCA): | 28217-92-7 |
EPA ACToR: | Toxicology Data |
EPA Substance Registry Services (SRS): | Registry |
Laboratory Chemical Safety Summary : | 16204532 |
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases: | Data |
| 2-(cyclohexylmethyl)pyrazine |
Chemidplus: | 0028217927 |
References:
Other Information:
Potential Blenders and core components note
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For Odor |
chocolate |
2,5- | dimethyl pyrazine | FL/FR |
citrus |
| methyl heptenone | FL/FR |
earthy |
(S)-1- | octen-3-ol | FL/FR |
fatty |
| hexyl pivalate | FR |
floral |
| amyl benzoate | FL/FR |
| cyclamen aldehyde | FL/FR |
fruity |
| tetrahydrofurfuryl butyrate | FL/FR |
green |
2-sec- | butyl-3-methoxypyrazine | FL/FR |
musty |
2- | acetyl pyrrole | FL/FR |
3- | acetyl-2,5-dimethyl furan | FL/FR |
| menthofuran | FL/FR |
nutty |
2- | acetyl-5-methyl furan | FL/FR |
2,3- | dimethyl pyrazine | FL/FR |
4,5- | dimethyl-2-ethyl-3-thiazoline | FL/FR |
2- | ethyl pyrazine | FL/FR |
2- | ethyl-4-methyl thiazole | FL/FR |
| filbert pyrazine | FL/FR |
2- | methyl pyrazine | FL/FR |
5- | methyl quinoxaline | FL/FR |
| nutty quinoxaline | FL/FR |
| shoyu pyrazine | FL/FR |
2,3,5,6- | tetramethyl pyrazine | FL/FR |
2,3,5- | trimethyl pyrazine | FL/FR |
| vinyl sulfurol | FL/FR |
waxy |
| heptyl octanoate | FL/FR |
| octyl 2-methyl butyrate | FL/FR |
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For Flavor |
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No flavor group found for these |
| acetyl acetaldehyde dimethyl acetal | FL |
(E)- | aconitic acid | FL |
| amyl benzoate | FL/FR |
2,5- | diethyl thiazole | FL |
2,5- | diethyl-4-methyl thiazole | FL |
(S)-1- | octen-3-ol | FL/FR |
3- | propyl pyridine | FL |
cocoa |
| butyraldehyde | FL |
coffee |
2- | ethyl-4-methyl thiazole | FL/FR |
2-iso | propyl pyrazine | FL |
fruity |
2,4- | hexadien-1-ol | FL |
| tetrahydrofurfuryl butyrate | FL/FR |
green |
| cyclamen aldehyde | FL/FR |
| methyl heptenone | FL/FR |
4- | methyl thiazole | FL |
musty |
2,5- | dimethyl pyrazine | FL/FR |
| menthofuran | FL/FR |
| shoyu pyrazine | FL/FR |
2,3,5- | trimethyl pyrazine | FL/FR |
nutty |
2- | acetyl pyrrole | FL/FR |
3- | acetyl-2,5-dimethyl furan | FL/FR |
2- | acetyl-5-methyl furan | FL/FR |
2,3- | dimethyl pyrazine | FL/FR |
4,5- | dimethyl-2-ethyl-3-thiazoline | FL/FR |
2- | ethyl pyrazine | FL/FR |
| filbert pyrazine | FL/FR |
2- | methyl pyrazine | FL/FR |
5- | methyl quinoxaline | FL/FR |
| nutty quinoxaline | FL/FR |
| nutty thiazole | FL |
| peanut oxazole | FL |
2,3,5,6- | tetramethyl pyrazine | FL/FR |
| vinyl sulfurol | FL/FR |
vegetable |
2-sec- | butyl-3-methoxypyrazine | FL/FR |
waxy |
| heptyl octanoate | FL/FR |
| octyl 2-methyl butyrate | FL/FR |
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Potential Uses:
Occurrence (nature, food, other): note
Synonyms:
( | cyclohexyl methyl) pyrazine | 2-( | cyclohexyl methyl) pyrazine | ( | cyclohexylmethyl)pyrazine | 2-( | cyclohexylmethyl)pyrazine | 2- | pyrazine cyclohexyl methyl | | pyrazine, 2-(cyclohexylmethyl)- | 2- | pyrazinyl cyclohexyl methyl | 2- | pyrazinyl methyl cyclohexane | 2- | pyrazinylcyclohexylmethane | ( | pyrazinylmethyl) cyclohexane | 2- | pyrazinylmethylcyclohexane |
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