2-Methyl-3-furanthiol

What is 2-Methyl-3-furanthiol?

2-Methyl-3-furanthiol has an odor and taste of roasted meat.

Colorless to light yellow liqui

2-Methyl-3-furanthiol has an odor and taste of roasted meat

Reported found in fatty fish and raw chicken, cooked beef and coffee.

2-Methyl-3-furanthiol is used in baking food, meat and spices.

A meat flavoring agent.

By a patented process.

ChEBI: 2-Methyl-3-furanthiol is a heteroarene.

Taste characteristics at 15 ppm: sulfurous, fishy, meaty, salmon and tuna-like with a slight roasted nuance.

2-Methyl-3-furanthiol, a sulfur-containing compound, is the key odorant in cooked ham, wine and canned tuna fish.

Taste at 10 ppm

Boiling point:	57-60 °C/44 mmHg (lit.)
Density	1.145 g/mL at 25 °C
vapor density	>1 (vs air)
FEMA	3188 \| 2-METHYL-3-FURANTHIOL
refractive index	n20/D 1.518(lit.)
Flash point:	98 °F
storage temp.	Inert atmosphere,2-8°C
solubility	soluble in Chloroform, Methanol
form	Liquid
pka	6.32±0.48(Predicted)
color	Clear to hazy light pink to light orange
Specific Gravity	1.145
Odor	roast beef aroma
JECFA Number	1060
CAS DataBase Reference	28588-74-1(CAS DataBase Reference)
NIST Chemistry Reference	2-Methyl-3-furanthiol(28588-74-1)
EPA Substance Registry System	3-Furanthiol, 2-methyl- (28588-74-1)

Signal word	Danger
Pictogram(s)	Flame Flammables GHS02 Skull and Crossbones Acute Toxicity GHS06
GHS Hazard Statements	H226:Flammable liquids H301:Acute toxicity,oral
Precautionary Statement Codes	P210:Keep away from heat/sparks/open flames/hot surfaces. — No smoking.