Category: flavor and fragrance agents
US / EU / FDA / JECFA / FEMA / FLAVIS / Scholar / Patent Information:
Physical Properties:
Appearance: | colorless to pale yellow clear liquid (est) |
Assay: | 97.00 to 100.00 %
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Food Chemicals Codex Listed: | No |
Specific Gravity: | 0.92300 to 0.92700 @ 25.00 °C.
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Pounds per Gallon - (est).: | 7.680 to 7.714
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Refractive Index: | 1.44800 to 1.45400 @ 20.00 °C.
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Boiling Point: | 235.00 to 236.00 °C. @ 760.00 mm Hg
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Boiling Point: | 51.00 to 53.00 °C. @ 1.00 mm Hg
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Vapor Pressure: | 0.044000 mmHg @ 25.00 °C. (est) |
Flash Point: | 215.00 °F. TCC ( 101.67 °C. )
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logP (o/w): | 2.661 (est) |
Soluble in: |
| alcohol | | diethyl ether | | hexane | | water, 511.4 mg/L @ 25 °C (est) |
Insoluble in: |
| water |
Organoleptic Properties:
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Odor Type: fruity |
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| fruity hay caramellic burnt |
Odor Description: at 10.00 % in dipropylene glycol. | fruity straw caramel burnt |
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Odor and/or flavor descriptions from others (if found). |
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R C Treatt & Co Ltd |
3-Methyl-2,4-nonanedione Halal, Kosher |
Odor Description: | straw-like, fruity |
Taste Description: | straw-like, fruity Reported critical to a good tea flavour; used at 0.001ppm in beverages; and at 0.35 in meat and fish flavours. Use is also suggested in exotic fruit flavours - apricot/peach/mango; and in honey - at 0.1-1ppm. |
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FCI SAS |
3 METHYL 2,4 NONANEDIONE |
Odor Description: | Fruity, Caramel, Apricot, Peach |
Taste Description: | Fruity, Apricot, Peach |
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Cosmetic Information:
Suppliers:
Beijing Lys Chemicals |
3-Methyl-2,4-nonanedione
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BOC Sciences |
For experimental / research use only. |
3-Methyl-2,4-Nonanedione > 95%
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Carbosynth |
For experimental / research use only. |
3-Methylnonane-2,4-dione
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Endeavour Specialty Chemicals |
3-Methyl-2,4-nonanedione
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Speciality Chemical Product Groups |
FCI SAS |
3 METHYL 2,4 NONANEDIONE
Odor: Fruity, Caramel, Apricot, Peach Flavor: Fruity, Apricot, Peach |
Parchem |
methyl nonane dione
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Penta International |
3-METHYL-2,4-NONANEDIONE
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R C Treatt & Co Ltd |
3-Methyl-2,4-nonanedione
Halal, Kosher Odor: straw-like, fruity Flavor: straw-like, fruity Reported critical to a good tea flavour; used at 0.001ppm in beverages; and at 0.35 in meat and fish flavours. Use is also suggested in exotic fruit flavours - apricot/peach/mango; and in honey - at 0.1-1ppm. |
Robinson Brothers |
3-Methyl-2,4-nonanedione
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https://www.robinsonbrothers.uk/chemistry-competences |
Santa Cruz Biotechnology |
For experimental / research use only. |
3-Methylnonane-2,4-dione
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Synerzine |
3-Methyl-2,4-nonanedione
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Tianjin Danjun International |
3-Methyl-2,4-nonanedione
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Vigon International |
METHYL-3 2,4 NONADIONE
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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: |
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: | 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 methyl nonane dione usage levels up to: | | 2.0000 % in the fragrance concentrate.
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Maximised Survey-derived Daily Intakes (MSDI-EU): | 0.35 (μg/capita/day) |
Modified Theoretical Added Maximum Daily Intake (mTAMDI): | 1600 (μg/person/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: 21 |
Click here to view publication 21 |
| average usual ppm | average maximum ppm |
baked goods: | - | - |
beverages(nonalcoholic): | - | 0.00100 |
beverages(alcoholic): | - | - |
breakfast cereal: | - | - |
cheese: | - | - |
chewing gum: | - | - |
condiments / relishes: | 0.01000 | 0.10000 |
confectionery froastings: | - | - |
egg products: | - | - |
fats / oils: | - | - |
fish products: | - | - |
frozen dairy: | - | 0.00100 |
fruit ices: | - | - |
gelatins / puddings: | - | - |
granulated sugar: | - | - |
gravies: | - | - |
hard candy: | - | - |
imitation dairy: | - | - |
instant coffee / tea: | - | 0.00100 |
jams / jellies: | - | - |
meat products: | 0.02500 | 0.30000 |
milk products: | 0.00100 | 0.00100 |
nut products: | - | - |
other grains: | - | - |
poultry: | - | - |
processed fruits: | - | - |
processed vegetables: | - | - |
reconstituted vegetables: | - | - |
seasonings / flavors: | - | - |
snack foods: | - | - |
soft candy: | - | - |
soups: | 0.10000 | 1.00000 |
sugar substitutes: | - | - |
sweet sauces: | - | - |
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Food categories according to Commission Regulation EC No. 1565/2000 (EC, 2000) in FGE.06 (EFSA, 2002a). According to the Industry the "normal" use is defined as the average of reported usages and "maximum use" is defined as the 95th percentile of reported usages (EFSA, 2002i). |
Note: mg/kg = 0.001/1000 = 0.000001 = 1/1000000 = ppm. |
| average usage mg/kg | maximum usage mg/kg |
Dairy products, excluding products of category 02.0 (01.0): | 3.00000 | 15.00000 |
Fats and oils, and fat emulsions (type water-in-oil) (02.0): | 2.00000 | 10.00000 |
Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet (03.0): | 3.00000 | 15.00000 |
Processed fruit (04.1): | 2.00000 | 10.00000 |
Processed vegetables (incl. mushrooms & fungi, roots & tubers, pulses and legumes), and nuts & seeds (04.2): | - | - |
Confectionery (05.0): | 4.00000 | 20.00000 |
Chewing gum (05.0): | - | - |
Cereals and cereal products, incl. flours & starches from roots & tubers, pulses & legumes, excluding bakery (06.0): | 2.00000 | 10.00000 |
Bakery wares (07.0): | 5.00000 | 25.00000 |
Meat and meat products, including poultry and game (08.0): | 1.00000 | 5.00000 |
Fish and fish products, including molluscs, crustaceans and echinoderms (MCE) (09.0): | 1.00000 | 5.00000 |
Eggs and egg products (10.0): | - | - |
Sweeteners, including honey (11.0): | - | - |
Salts, spices, soups, sauces, salads, protein products, etc. (12.0): | 2.00000 | 10.00000 |
Foodstuffs intended for particular nutritional uses (13.0): | 3.00000 | 15.00000 |
Non-alcoholic ("soft") beverages, excl. dairy products (14.1): | 2.00000 | 10.00000 |
Alcoholic beverages, incl. alcohol-free and low-alcoholic counterparts (14.2): | 4.00000 | 20.00000 |
Ready-to-eat savouries (15.0): | 5.00000 | 25.00000 |
Composite foods (e.g. casseroles, meat pies, mincemeat) - foods that could not be placed in categories 01.0 - 15.0 (16.0): | 2.00000 | 10.00000 |
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): |
Scientific Opinion on Flavouring Group Evaluation 11, Revision 2 (FGE.11Rev2): Aliphatic dialcohols, diketones, and hydroxyketones from chemical groups 8 and 10 View page or View pdf |
Scientific Opinion on Flavouring Group Evaluation 11, Revision 3 (FGE.11Rev3): Aliphatic dialcohols, diketones, and hydroxyketones from chemical groups 8 and 10 View page or View pdf |
Safety and efficacy of secondary aliphatic saturated or unsaturated alcohols, ketones, ketals and esters with a second secondary or tertiary oxygenated functional group belonging to chemical group 10 when used as flavourings for all animal species View page or View pdf |
EPI System: | View |
AIDS Citations: | Search |
Cancer Citations: | Search |
Toxicology Citations: | Search |
EPA Substance Registry Services (TSCA): | 113486-29-6 |
EPA ACToR: | Toxicology Data |
EPA Substance Registry Services (SRS): | Registry |
Laboratory Chemical Safety Summary : | 529481 |
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases: | Data |
| 3-methylnonane-2,4-dione |
Chemidplus: | 0113486296 |
References:
Other Information:
Potential Blenders and core components note
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For Odor |
acidic |
acidic |
| cyclohexyl acetic acid | FL/FR |
balsamic |
2- | acetyl furan | FL/FR |
bready |
| furfural | FL/FR |
buttery |
| acetoin | FL/FR |
| acetyl propionyl | FL/FR |
3,4- | hexane dione | FL/FR |
2-oxo | butyric acid | FL/FR |
| caramel pentadione | FL/FR |
| cyclotene | FL/FR |
| cyclotene hydrate | FL/FR |
alpha,alpha- | dimethyl anisyl acetone | FL/FR |
| ethyl 2-hydroxy-2-methyl butyrate | FL/FR |
| ethyl cyclopentenolone | FL/FR |
| ethyl maltol | FL/FR |
5- | ethyl-2,3,4,5-tetramethyl-2-cyclohexen-1-one | FL/FR |
| fenugreek absolute | FL/FR |
| geranyl crotonate | FR |
| immortelle absolute | FL/FR |
| levulinic acid | FL/FR |
| maltol | FL/FR |
iso | maltol | |
| maltyl propionate | FL/FR |
| maple furanone | FL/FR |
| menthone lactone | FL/FR |
| mesitene lactone | FR |
5- | methyl furfural | FL/FR |
| rosefuran | FL/FR |
| shoyu furanone | FL/FR |
| strawberry furanone | FL/FR |
| strawberry furanone acetate | FL/FR |
| toffee furanone | FL/FR |
coconut |
gamma- | heptalactone | FL/FR |
coffee |
| coffee fragrance | FR |
coumarinic |
| tonka bean resinoid | FR |
creamy |
gamma- | butyrolactone | FL/FR |
ethereal |
| ethyl 4-pentenoate | FL/FR |
| ethyl pyruvate | FL/FR |
iso | valeraldehyde propylene glycol acetal | FL/FR |
fermented |
| ethyl (E)-2-crotonate | FL/FR |
floral |
| boronia concrete | FL/FR |
fruity |
| cherry oxyacetate | FL/FR |
(E)- | ethyl tiglate | FL/FR |
| octyl crotonate | FR |
| tetrahydrofurfuryl acetate | FL/FR |
green |
iso | amyl 3-(2-furan) propionate | FL/FR |
herbal |
| butyl levulinate | FL/FR |
musty |
3- | acetyl-2,5-dimethyl furan | FL/FR |
nutty |
2- | acetyl-3,5(or 6)-dimethyl pyrazine | FL/FR |
2,3- | dimethyl pyrazine | FL/FR |
| nutty cyclohexenone | FL/FR |
phenolic |
4- | methyl-2,6-dimethoxyphenol | FL/FR |
| honey extract | CS |
(E)- | tiglic acid | FL/FR |
sweet |
| vanilla oleoresin bali | FL/FR |
tonka |
| tonka bean absolute | FR |
vanilla |
| ethyl vanillin | FL/FR |
| vanillyl isobutyrate | FL/FR |
vegetable |
| tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol | FL/FR |
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For Flavor |
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No flavor group found for these |
2- | acetyl-3,4,5,6-tetrahydropyridine | FL |
| allyl 2-furoate | FL |
| benzyl disulfide | FL |
| boronia concrete | FL/FR |
2,5- | diethyl tetrahydrofuran | FL |
alpha,alpha- | dimethyl anisyl acetone | FL/FR |
| ethyl 2-hydroxy-2-methyl butyrate | FL/FR |
| ethyl 4-pentenoate | FL/FR |
5- | ethyl-2,3,4,5-tetramethyl-2-cyclohexen-1-one | FL/FR |
| furfuryl acetone | FL |
iso | maltol | |
| menthone lactone | FL/FR |
| rosefuran | FL/FR |
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iso | amyl 3-(2-furan) propionate | FL/FR |
acidic |
| levulinic acid | FL/FR |
bready |
| mango furanone | FL |
brown |
2-oxo | butyric acid | FL/FR |
| furfural | FL/FR |
5- | methyl furfural | FL/FR |
| tetrahydrofurfuryl acetate | FL/FR |
(E)- | tiglic acid | FL/FR |
burnt |
| furfuryl alcohol | FL |
buttery |
| diacetyl | FL |
3,4- | hexane dione | FL/FR |
caramellic |
| caramel dione | FL |
| caramel furanone | FL |
| caramel pentadione | FL/FR |
| cyclotene | FL/FR |
| cyclotene hydrate | FL/FR |
| ethyl maltol | FL/FR |
5- | ethyl-3,4,5,6-tetramethyl cyclohexen-2-one | FL |
| fenugreek absolute | FL/FR |
| maltol | FL/FR |
| maltyl propionate | FL/FR |
| maple furanone | FL/FR |
3- | methyl butyl 2-furyl butyrate | FL |
| shoyu furanone | FL/FR |
| strawberry furanone | FL/FR |
| strawberry furanone acetate | FL/FR |
| toffee furanone | FL/FR |
coffee |
| coffee distillates | FL |
2- | thiophene thiol | FL |
creamy |
| acetoin | FL/FR |
fatty |
(E,E)-2,4- | undecadienal | FL |
2,4- | undecadienal | FL |
fruity |
| cherry oxyacetate | FL/FR |
(E)- | ethyl tiglate | FL/FR |
| furfuryl valerate | FL |
2- | pentanoyl furan | FL |
iso | valeraldehyde propylene glycol acetal | FL/FR |
green |
| immortelle absolute | FL/FR |
herbal |
| butyl levulinate | FL/FR |
5- | hydroxymethyl furfural | FL |
jammy |
| ethyl cyclopentenolone | FL/FR |
lactonic |
gamma- | heptalactone | FL/FR |
milky |
gamma- | butyrolactone | FL/FR |
musty |
| ethyl (E)-2-crotonate | FL/FR |
nutty |
2- | acetyl furan | FL/FR |
3- | acetyl-2,5-dimethyl furan | FL/FR |
2- | acetyl-3,5(or 6)-dimethyl pyrazine | FL/FR |
2,3- | dimethyl pyrazine | FL/FR |
| nutty cyclohexenone | FL/FR |
| peanut oxazole | FL |
| tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol | FL/FR |
phenolic |
4- | methyl-2,6-dimethoxyphenol | FL/FR |
rummy |
| ethyl pyruvate | FL/FR |
sweet |
| cyclohexyl acetic acid | FL/FR |
| vanilla oleoresin bali | FL/FR |
toasted |
| acetyl propionyl | FL/FR |
vanilla |
| ethyl vanillin | FL/FR |
| vanillyl isobutyrate | FL/FR |
waxy |
| furfuryl octanoate | FL |
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Potential Uses:
Occurrence (nature, food, other): note
Synonyms:
3- | methyl nona-2,4-dione | | methyl nonanedione | 3- | methyl-2,4-nonandione | 3- | methyl-2,4-nonane dione | 3- | methyl-2,4-nonanedione | 3- | methylnona-2,4-dione | 3- | methylnonane-2,4-dione | | nonane-2,4-dione, 3-methyl- | 2,4- | nonanedione, 3-methyl- |
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