Category: flavoring agents
US / EU / FDA / JECFA / FEMA / FLAVIS / Scholar / Patent Information:
Physical Properties:
Appearance: | colorless clear liquid (est) |
Assay: | 99.00 to 100.00 %
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Food Chemicals Codex Listed: | No |
Specific Gravity: | 1.09600 to 1.10200 @ 25.00 °C.
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Pounds per Gallon - (est).: | 9.120 to 9.170
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Refractive Index: | 1.50100 to 1.50700 @ 20.00 °C.
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Boiling Point: | 87.00 to 89.00 °C. @ 10.00 mm Hg
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Boiling Point: | 218.00 to 219.00 °C. @ 760.00 mm Hg
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Acid Value: | 1.00 max. KOH/g
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Vapor Pressure: | 0.117000 mmHg @ 25.00 °C. (est) |
Flash Point: | 192.00 °F. TCC ( 88.89 °C. )
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logP (o/w): | 0.528 (est) |
Soluble in: |
| alcohol | | water, slightly | | water, 6.241e+004 mg/L @ 25 °C (est) |
Insoluble in: |
| water |
Organoleptic Properties:
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Odor Type: burnt |
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| burnt meaty roasted |
Odor Description: at 0.10 % in propylene glycol. | burnt meaty roasted |
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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: |
Not determined
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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 4-acetyl-2-methyl pyrimidine usage levels up to: | | not for fragrance use.
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Maximised Survey-derived Daily Intakes (MSDI-EU): | 0.011 (μg/capita/day) |
Maximised Survey-derived Daily Intakes (MSDI-USA): | 0.01 (μg/capita/day) |
Threshold of Concern: | 540 (μg/person/day) |
Structure Class: | II |
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: | - | 10.00000 |
beverages(nonalcoholic): | - | 2.00000 |
beverages(alcoholic): | - | 5.00000 |
breakfast cereal: | - | 5.00000 |
cheese: | - | 1.00000 |
chewing gum: | - | 10.00000 |
condiments / relishes: | - | - |
confectionery froastings: | - | 5.00000 |
egg products: | - | 0.50000 |
fats / oils: | - | - |
fish products: | - | - |
frozen dairy: | - | 5.00000 |
fruit ices: | - | - |
gelatins / puddings: | - | 5.00000 |
granulated sugar: | - | - |
gravies: | - | 3.00000 |
hard candy: | - | 5.00000 |
imitation dairy: | - | - |
instant coffee / tea: | - | - |
jams / jellies: | - | - |
meat products: | - | 1.00000 |
milk products: | - | 1.00000 |
nut products: | - | 5.00000 |
other grains: | - | - |
poultry: | - | - |
processed fruits: | - | - |
processed vegetables: | - | - |
reconstituted vegetables: | - | - |
seasonings / flavors: | - | - |
snack foods: | - | 10.00000 |
soft candy: | - | 5.00000 |
soups: | - | 3.00000 |
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): |
Flavouring Group Evaluation 85: Consideration of miscellaneous nitrogen-containing substances evaluated by JECFA (65th meeting)[1] - Scientific Opinion of the Scientific Panel on Food Additives, Flavourings, Processing Aids and Materials in Contact with Food View page or View pdf |
Scientific Opinion on Flavouring Group Evaluation 96 (FGE.96): Consideration of 88 flavouring substances considered by EFSA for which EU production volumes / anticipated production volumes have been submitted on request by DG SANCO. Addendum to FGE. 51, 52, 53, 54, 56, 58, 61, 62, 63, 64, 68, 69, 70, 71, 73, 76, 77, 79, 80, 83, 84, 85 and 87. View page or View pdf |
EPI System: | View |
AIDS Citations: | Search |
Cancer Citations: | Search |
Toxicology Citations: | Search |
EPA Substance Registry Services (TSCA): | 67860-38-2 |
EPA ACToR: | Toxicology Data |
EPA Substance Registry Services (SRS): | Registry |
Laboratory Chemical Safety Summary : | 5362572 |
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases: | Data |
| 1-(2-methylpyrimidin-4-yl)ethanone |
Chemidplus: | 0067860382 |
References:
Other Information:
Potential Blenders and core components note
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For Odor |
alliaceous |
| dimethyl trisulfide | FL/FR |
| methyl furfuryl disulfide | FL/FR |
| rum ether | FL/FR |
2,6- | dimethyl pyrazine | FL/FR |
coffee |
| coffee difuran | FL/FR |
2- | methyl-3-,5 or 6-(furfuryl thio) pyrazine | FL/FR |
| nutty pyrazine | FL/FR |
fermented |
| ethyl crotonate | FL/FR |
fruity |
| tropical thiazole | FL/FR |
| tropical trithiane | FL/FR |
green |
2- | heptyl furan | FL/FR |
(E,Z)-2,6- | nonadienal | FL/FR |
| meaty dithiane | FL/FR |
4- | methyl nonanoic acid | FL/FR |
| sulfurol | FL/FR |
| sulfuryl acetate | FL/FR |
moldy |
| strawberry furanone methyl ether | FL/FR |
musty |
| hazelnut pyrazine | FL/FR |
4,5- | dimethyl-2-ethyl-3-thiazoline | FL/FR |
2- | ethyl pyrazine | FL/FR |
2- | ethyl-4-methyl thiazole | FL/FR |
2- | methyl pyrazine | FL/FR |
2- | methyl-3-(methyl thio) pyrazine | FL/FR |
phenolic |
2,3- | dimethyl benzofuran | FL/FR |
ortho- | guaiacol | FL/FR |
4- | vinyl phenol | FL/FR |
| pyroligneous acids | FL/FR |
| benzothiazole | FL/FR |
| ethyl 2-mercaptopropionate | FL/FR |
| ethyl 3-mercaptopropionate | FL/FR |
| fish thiol | FL/FR |
2- | mercaptopropionic acid | FL/FR |
4- | methyl 4-mercaptopentan-2-one 1% solution | FL/FR |
2-( | methyl thio) phenol | FL/FR |
1- | phenethyl mercaptan | FL/FR |
tobacco |
| methyl benzoxole | FL/FR |
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For Flavor |
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No flavor group found for these |
gamma- | aminobutyric acid | FL |
| amyl mercaptan | FL |
1,2- | butane dithiol | FL |
2-(2- | butyl)-4,5-dimethyl-3-thiazoline | FL |
| cyclopropyl (E,Z)-2,6-nonadienamide | FL |
2,5- | diethyl thiazole | FL |
| dihydro-2,4,6-trimethyl-1,3,5(4H)-dithiazine | FL |
| dimethyl tetrasulfide | FL |
2,6- | dimethyl-3-((2-methyl-3-furyl)thio)-4-heptanone | FL |
bis(2,5- | dimethyl-3-furyl) disulfide | FL |
(Z+E)-2,5- | dimethyl-3-tetrahydrofuran thiol | FL |
(Z+E)-2,5- | dimethyl-3-thioacetoxytetrahydrofuran | FL |
2,5- | dimethyl-3-thiofuroyl furan | FL |
| ethyl (E,Z)-2,6-nonadienamide | FL |
S- | ethyl 2-acetyl aminoethane thioate | FL |
| ethyl 3-mercaptopropionate | FL/FR |
| ethyl 4-(acetyl thio) butyrate | FL |
2- | ethyl-3-methyl thiopyrazine | FL |
(Z+E)-5- | ethyl-4-methyl-2-(2-butyl) thiazoline | FL |
(Z+E)-5- | ethyl-4-methyl-2-(2-methyl propyl) thiazoline | FL |
2- | hexyl thiophene | FL |
1-(3- | hydroxy-5-methyl-2-thienyl) ethanone | FL |
3- | mercapto-3-methyl butyl formate | FL |
4- | mercapto-3-methyl-2-butanol | FL |
4- | methyl 4-mercaptopentan-2-one 1% solution | FL/FR |
| methyl dihydrofuran thiol | FL |
2- | methyl thiazolidine | FL |
2-( | methyl thio) ethanol | FL |
2- | methyl-1-butane thiol | FL |
4- | methyl-2-(methyl thiomethyl)-2-hexenal | FL |
2- | methyl-2-thiazoline | FL |
2- | methyl-3-,5 or 6-(furfuryl thio) pyrazine | FL/FR |
2- | methyl-3-(methyl thio) pyrazine | FL/FR |
2- | methyl-3-furyl tetrasulfide | FL |
3-((2- | methyl-3-furyl)thio)-4-heptanone | FL |
4-((2- | methyl-3-furyl)thio)-5-nonanone | FL |
1,9- | nonane dithiol | FL |
| peanut dithiazine | FL |
1- | phenethyl mercaptan | FL/FR |
1,3- | propane dithiol | FL |
| propyl 2-methyl-3-furyl disulfide | FL |
iso | propyl disulfide | FL |
2-iso | propyl-3-(methyl thio) pyrazine | FL |
| thiazole | FL |
3- | thienyl mercaptan | FL |
| thioacetic acid | FL |
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3,5- | diisopropyl-1,2,4-trithiolane | FL |
N-(2-(3,4- | dimethoxyphenyl)ethyl)-3,4-dimethoxycinnamic acid amide | FL |
3,5- | dimethyl-1,2,4-trithiolane | FL |
3,7- | dimethyl-2,6-octadien-1-yl cyclopropyl carboxamide | FL |
2,4- | dimethyl-3-oxazoline | FL |
4- | mercapto-2-pentanone 1% in acetoin | FL |
2- | methyl-1-methyl thio-2-butene | FL |
| pyrrolidino-(1,2E)-4H-2,4-dimethyl-1,3,5-dithiazine | FL |
1-(2- | thienyl) butanone | FL |
alliaceous |
| allyl disulfide | FL |
| allyl mercaptan | FL |
1,3- | butane dithiol | FL |
| cyclopentyl mercaptan | FL |
| dimethyl trisulfide | FL/FR |
3- | mercapto-2-pentanone | FL |
3- | tetrahydrothiophenone | FL |
| tropical thiazole | FL/FR |
burnt |
| bacon dithiazine | FL |
1,6- | hexane dithiol | FL |
| rum ether | FL/FR |
chemical |
2,3- | dimethyl benzofuran | FL/FR |
2,5- | dimethyl furan | FL |
cocoa |
| butyraldehyde | FL |
coffee |
| coffee difuran | FL/FR |
2- | ethyl-4-methyl thiazole | FL/FR |
| methyl furfuryl disulfide | FL/FR |
earthy |
| difurfuryl sulfide | FL |
1,8- | octane dithiol | FL |
eggy |
iso | propyl mercaptan | FL |
fatty |
2- | heptyl furan | FL/FR |
4- | methyl nonanoic acid | FL/FR |
2- | pentyl thiophene | FL |
fruity |
| tropical trithiane | FL/FR |
green |
4- | methyl thiazole | FL |
(E,Z)-2,6- | nonadienal | FL/FR |
4- | penten-1-yl acetate | FL |
meaty |
4- | allyl-2,6-dimethoxyphenol | FL |
| benzothiazole | FL/FR |
2,6- | dimethyl thiophenol | FL |
2,5- | dimethyl-3-furan thiol | FL |
1,1- | ethane dithiol 1% in ethanol 94.5% / ethyl acetate 4% | FL |
| furfuryl 2-methyl-3-furyl disulfide | FL |
4- | furfuryl thio-2-pentanone | FL |
| meaty dithiane | FL/FR |
3- | mercapto-2-butanone | FL |
(R,S)-2- | mercapto-3-butanol | FL |
2- | mercaptomethyl pyrazine | FL |
2- | mercaptopropionic acid | FL/FR |
2- | methyl 3-(methyl thio) furan | FL |
2-( | methyl thio) phenol | FL/FR |
| methyl thiofuryl butanal | FL |
12- | methyl tridecanal | FL |
bis(2- | methyl-3-furyl) disulfide | FL |
S-(2- | methyl-3-furyl) ethane thioate | FL |
2- | methyl-3-tetrahydrofuran thiol | FL |
2- | methyl-3-thioacetoxytetrahydrofuran | FL |
| phenyl mercaptan | FL |
| propyl 2-mercaptopropionate | FL |
| pyrazinyl ethane thiol | FL |
2- | pyridinyl methane thiol | FL |
| sulfurol | FL/FR |
| sulfuryl acetate | FL/FR |
| thialdine | FL |
ortho- | thiocresol | FL |
ortho- | thioguaiacol | FL |
metallic |
2,5- | dihydroxy-1,4-dithiane | FL |
moldy |
| strawberry furanone methyl ether | FL/FR |
musty |
| hazelnut pyrazine | FL/FR |
nutty |
3- | acetyl-2,5-dimethyl thiophene | FL |
2- | acetyl-4-methyl thiazole | FL |
3,5- | diethyl-2-methyl pyrazine | FL |
2,5- | diethyl-3-methyl pyrazine | FL |
2,6- | dimethyl pyrazine | FL/FR |
4,5- | dimethyl-2-ethyl-3-thiazoline | FL/FR |
2- | ethyl pyrazine | FL/FR |
| methyl benzoxole | FL/FR |
2- | methyl pyrazine | FL/FR |
| nutty pyrazine | FL/FR |
| nutty thiazole | FL |
onion |
| ethyl 2-mercaptopropionate | FL/FR |
| furfuryl isopropyl sulfide | FL |
phenolic |
2- | ethyl benzene thiol | FL |
4- | vinyl phenol | FL/FR |
popcorn |
2- | propionyl-2-thiazoline | FL |
radish |
3-( | methyl thio) propyl mercaptoacetate | FL |
roasted |
| hexyl mercaptan | FL |
rummy |
| ethyl crotonate | FL/FR |
savory |
N-(2,4- | dimethoxybenzyl)-N2-(2-(pyridin-2-yl)ethyl) oxalamide | FL |
N-( | heptan-4-yl)benzo(D)(1,3)dioxole-5-carboxamide | FL |
N1-(2- | methoxy-4-methyl benzyl)-N2-(2-(pyridin-2-yl)ethyl) oxalamide | FL |
N1-(2- | methoxy-4-methyl benzyl)-N2-2(2-(5-methyl pyridin-2-yl)ethyl) oxalamide | FL |
smoky |
| prosopis juliflora wood extract | FL |
| pyroligneous acids | FL/FR |
sulfurous |
2,3- | butane dithiol | FL |
| ethyl methyl sulfide | FL |
S- | ethyl thioacetate | FL |
| fish thiol | FL/FR |
| methyl 2-methyl-3-furyl disulfide | FL |
3- | methyl-2-butane thiol | FL |
2- | naphthyl mercaptan | FL |
| roasted butanol | FL |
vegetable |
| tyramine | FL |
wasabi |
2-( | methyl thio) ethyl acetate | FL |
woody |
ortho- | guaiacol | FL/FR |
yeasty |
| faex extracts | FL |
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Potential Uses:
Occurrence (nature, food, other): note
Synonyms:
4- | acetyl-2-methylpyrimidine | | ethanone, 1-(2-methyl-4-pyrimidinyl)- | | ethanone,1-(2-methyl-pyrimidin-4-yl)- | 2- | methyl-4-acetyl pyrimidine | 2- | methyl-4-acetylpyrimidine | 1-(2- | methyl-4-pyrimidinyl)-ethanone | 1-(2- | methyl-4-pyrimidinyl)ethanone | 1-(2- | methylpyrimidin-4-yl)ethanone |
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