octanoic acid

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octanoic acid

Identifiers

FEMA 2799
CAS 124-07-2
EINECS 204-677-5
Synonyms
  • acide octanoique
  • acido octanoico
  • acidum octanocium
  • C-8
  • caprylic acid
  • N- caprylic acid
  • caprylic acid (natural)
  • caprylic acid (octanoic), natural
  • caprylic acid natural
  • caprylic acid synthetic
  • caprylic acid, synthetic FCC
  • caprylsaeure
  • enantic acid
  • 1- heptane carboxylic acid
  • 1- heptanecarboxylic acid
  • hexacid 898
  • kaprylsaeure
  • kortacid 0899
  • lunac 8-98
  • neo-fat 8
  • octanoic acid
  • 1- octanoic acid
  • N- octanoic acid
  • nat. octanoic acid
  • octanoic acid (caprylic acid) natural
  • octanoic acid (natural)
  • octanoic acid naturel
  • N- octic acid
  • octoic acid
  • N- octoic acid
  • octylic acid
  • N- octylic acid
  • prifac 2901
JECFA Food Flavoring 99
JECFA Food Additive Octanoic acid
DG SANTE Food Flavourings 08.010 octanoic acid
DG SANTE Food Contact Materials octanoic acid
FDA UNII OBL58JN025
CoE Number 10
XlogP3-AA 3.00 (est)
Molecular Weight 144.21392
Molecular Formula C8 H16 O2

Organoleptic

Organoleptic Notes
  • 1. Odor Type: fatty Odor Strength:medium
  • Substantivity: > 336 hour(s) at 100.00 %
  • fatty waxy rancid oily vegetable cheesy
  • Odor Description:at 100.00 %. fatty waxy rancid oily vegetable cheesyLuebke, William tgsc, (1988)
  • Odor sample from: Sigma-Aldrich
Odor fatty
fatty, waxy, rancid, oily, vegetable, cheesy,
Flavor soapy
rancid, soapy, cheesy, fatty, brandy,

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Properties

Food Chemicals Codex Listed Yes
Appearance colorless to pale yellow clear oily liquid to solid (est)
Assay 98.00 to 100.00
Specific Gravity 0.89300 to 0.92200 @ 25.00 °C.
Lbs/Gal (est) 7.431 to 7.672
Refractive Index N/A
Melting Point 16.00 to 17.00 °C. @ 760.00 mm Hg
Boiling Point 237.00 to 239.00 °C. @ 760.00 mm Hg
Flash Point > 230.00 °F. TCC ( > 110.00 °C. )
Acid Value N/A
Vapor Pressure 0.022000 mmHg @ 25.00 °C. (est)
Vapor Density 4.9 ( Air = 1 )
logP (o/w) 3.05
Soluble In
  • alcohol
  • water, 789 mg/L @ 30 °C (exp)
  • water
Occurrence
  • ambrette seed concrete @ 0.07%
  • apple fruit
  • banana plant
  • bay laurel plant
  • beer
  • blackberry fruit
  • boronia absolute @ 0.07%
  • bread
  • butterbur flower
  • cacao bean
  • cantaloupe seed
  • capsicum
  • cardamom seed oil
  • cashew nut
  • cassia plant
  • cayenne fruit
  • chamomile
  • chamomile sweet false chamomile plant
  • cherry sour cherry fruit
  • cistus oil @ 3.7%
  • coconut
  • coconut endosperm
  • coconut seed
  • date palm seed
  • elder black elder seed
  • ginger rhizome oil
  • ginger root
  • ginkgo biloba fruit
  • grapefruit oil california @ 0.02%
  • helichrysum arenarium (l.) moench oil hungary @ 6.00%
  • hop
  • lemon balm tissue culture
  • lemon oil
  • lemongrass plant
  • lime fruit
  • malpighia glabra l. fruit oil @ 0.10%
  • mandarin fruit
  • mustard white mustard
  • nutmeg seed
  • nutmeg seed oil
  • orange fruit
  • osmanthus absolute @ 0.11%
  • papaya fruit
  • peach fruit
  • peanut plant
  • pear fruit
  • pepper bell pepper fruit
  • raspberry red raspberry fruit
  • roselle fruit
  • roselle seed
  • rosemary sap
  • rugula herb
  • soybean seed
  • spearmint plant
  • strawberry wild strawberry fruit
  • tamarind fruit oil
  • tamarind seed oil
  • thyme plant
  • tobacco flower
  • tomato fruit
  • turmeric rhizome
  • watermelon seed
  • wine