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Sigma-Aldrich

Benzyl acetate

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natural, ≥99%, FCC, FG

Synonym(s):

Acetic acid benzyl ester

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About This Item

Linear Formula:
CH3COOCH2C6H5
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
150.17
FEMA Number:
2135
Beilstein:
1908121
EC Number:
Council of Europe no.:
204
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12164502
PubChem Substance ID:
Flavis number:
9.014
NACRES:
NA.21

grade

FG
Halal
Kosher
natural

Quality Level

Agency

meets purity specifications of JECFA

reg. compliance

EU Regulation 1334/2008 & 178/2002
FCC
FDA 21 CFR 117

vapor pressure

23 mmHg ( 110 °C)

Assay

≥99%

autoignition temp.

862 °F

greener alternative product characteristics

Less Hazardous Chemical Syntheses
Use of Renewable Feedstocks
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sustainability

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refractive index

n20/D 1.502 (lit.)

bp

206 °C (lit.)

mp

−51 °C (lit.)

density

1.054 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

application(s)

flavors and fragrances

Documentation

see Safety & Documentation for available documents

food allergen

no known allergens

greener alternative category

Organoleptic

fruity; floral; sweet

SMILES string

CC(=O)OCc1ccccc1

InChI

1S/C9H10O2/c1-8(10)11-7-9-5-3-2-4-6-9/h2-6H,7H2,1H3

InChI key

QUKGYYKBILRGFE-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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We are committed to bringing you Greener Alternative Products, which adhere to one of the four categories of Greener Alternatives . This product is a Biobased products, showing key improvements in Green Chemistry Principles “Less Hazardous Chemical Syntheses” and “Use of Renewable Feedstock”.

Hazard Statements

Precautionary Statements

Hazard Classifications

Aquatic Chronic 3

Storage Class Code

10 - Combustible liquids

WGK

WGK 1

Flash Point(F)

203.0 °F - closed cup

Flash Point(C)

95 °C - closed cup

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Chemical communications (Cambridge, England), (21)(21), 2416-2417 (2004-10-30)
A first approach to successful prevention of catalyst deactivation while simultaneously achieving extremely high selectivity of benzyl acetate (> or = 95%) at significantly high toluene conversion (> 70%) by gas phase acetoxylation over novel Pd-Sb-Bi/TiO2 catalysts.
C Pizarro et al.
Analytica chimica acta, 608(1), 38-47 (2008-01-22)
Headspace solid-phase microextraction (HS-SPME) coupled with gas chromatography (GC) and multivariate data analysis were applied to classify different vinegar types (white and red, balsamic, sherry and cider vinegars) on the basis of their volatile composition. The collected chromatographic signals were
J H Yuan et al.
Food and chemical toxicology : an international journal published for the British Industrial Biological Research Association, 33(2), 151-158 (1995-02-01)
Effects of gavage versus dosed feed administration on the toxicokinetics of benzyl acetate were studied in male F344 rats and B6C3F1 mice. Benzyl acetate was rapidly hydrolysed to benzyl alcohol and then oxidized to benzoic acid. After gavage administration of
D S Longnecker et al.
Food and chemical toxicology : an international journal published for the British Industrial Biological Research Association, 28(10), 665-668 (1990-10-01)
Benzyl acetate was found to induce liver tumours and gastric squamous neoplasms in mice in a chronic bioassay conducted through the National Toxicology Program. An increased incidence of acinar cell adenomas of the pancreas of F344 rats was noted in
C Debonneville et al.
Analytical chemistry, 74(10), 2345-2351 (2002-06-01)
A multisniffing system has been developed to allow three panelists to simultaneously participate in a GC-olfactometric analysis. This device, associated with a computerized data treatment, allows shortening CHARM and GC-"SNIF' analyses to less than 1 week and less than 1

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