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W291113

Sigma-Aldrich

Piperonal

natural, 98%, FG

Synonym(s):

1,3-Benzodioxole-5-carboxaldehyde, 3,4-(Methylenedioxy)benzaldehyde, Heliotropin

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About This Item

Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C8H6O3
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
150.13
FEMA Number:
2911
Beilstein:
131691
EC Number:
Council of Europe no.:
104
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12164502
PubChem Substance ID:
Flavis number:
5.016

grade

FG
Fragrance grade
Halal
Kosher
natural

Quality Level

Agency

follows IFRA guidelines
meets purity specifications of JECFA

reg. compliance

EU Regulation 1223/2009
EU Regulation 1334/2008 & 178/2002
FDA 21 CFR 182.60

vapor pressure

1 mmHg ( 87 °C)

Assay

98%

composition

contains EU 1223/2009 restricted and IFRA restricted Safrole

bp

264 °C (lit.)

mp

35-39 °C (lit.)

application(s)

flavors and fragrances

Documentation

see Safety & Documentation for available documents

food allergen

no known allergens

fragrance allergen

heliotropine

Organoleptic

coconut; floral; sweet; vanilla

SMILES string

[H]C(=O)c1ccc2OCOc2c1

InChI

1S/C8H6O3/c9-4-6-1-2-7-8(3-6)11-5-10-7/h1-4H,5H2

InChI key

SATCULPHIDQDRE-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Other Notes

Natural occurrence: Tahitian vanilla, camphor wood, violet flowers, burley tobacco, dill and sherry.

Pictograms

Exclamation mark

Signal Word

Warning

Hazard Statements

Precautionary Statements

Hazard Classifications

Skin Sens. 1

Storage Class Code

13 - Non Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 2

Flash Point(C)

65.62 °C


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The inhibition of rat nasal cytochrome P-450-dependent mono-oxygenase by the essence heliotropin (piperonal).
A R Dahl
Drug metabolism and disposition: the biological fate of chemicals, 10(5), 553-554 (1982-09-01)
J Sekizawa et al.
Mutation research, 101(2), 127-140 (1982-04-01)
The genotoxicity of safrole, 9 compounds that are structurally similar to safrole (anethole, cinnamaldehyde, cinnamyl alcohol, estragole, methyl eugenol, eugenol, isoeugenol, isosafrole, piperonal), 5 essential oils, cassia oil, cinnamon bark oil, clove oil, fennel oil) which contain the chemicals tested
Patricia Guerra-Diaz et al.
Analytical chemistry, 82(7), 2826-2835 (2010-03-09)
A preconcentration device that targets the volatile chemical signatures associated with illicit drugs and explosives (high and low) has been designed to fit in the inlet of an ion mobility spectrometer (IMS). This is the first reporting of a fast
S Peock et al.
Journal of the Royal Society of Health, 113(6), 292-294 (1993-12-01)
Piperonal, once used to kill lice in Australian hospitals, was acclaimed as an effective pediculicide (Corlette, 1925) by the standards of the day. It is unusual in also exhibiting a repellent action against lice, a property only recently realised. A
Ariel Ceferino Toloza et al.
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 101(1), 55-56 (2006-05-16)
New alternative insecticides are necessary for the chemical control of head lice. In this study the fumigant knockdown time 50% (KT50) and repellency index (RI) of three aliphatic lactones was compared with two essential oils and DDVP, against permethrin-resistance Pediculus

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