FEMA 2571
- CAS NO.：39251-86-0
- Empirical Formula: C11H16O3
- Molecular Weight: 196.24
- MDL number: MFCD00016581
- EINECS: 254-377-3
- SAFETY DATA SHEET (SDS)
- Update Date: 2026-05-24 22:25:33
What is FEMA 2571?
Description
Hexyl 2-furoate is fatty, green, wine-like, and musty.
Chemical properties
Hexyl 2-furoate has a peculiar, fruity, earthy, yet sweet and pear-like odor.
The Uses of FEMA 2571
Sweet, herbaceous-fruity, Mushroom-like flavor in extreme dilution. Hexyl 2-furoate is exclusively used in flavor compositions, not in perfumery. It is added in mere traces to imitation Coffee, Maple, Mushroom and various Nutflavor compositions to introduce the sweet-earthy, yet fruity freshness that characterizes the natural products.
Definition
ChEBI: Hexyl 2-furoate is a carboxylic ester. It is functionally related to a 2-furoic acid.
Production Methods
Hexyl 2-furoate is produced by direct esterification of n-Hexanol with 2-Furoic acid under azeotropic conditions.
Taste threshold values
Taste characteristics at 20 ppm: green, waxy with fruity pear and apple notes.
Properties of FEMA 2571
| Boiling point: | 105 °C1 mm Hg(lit.) |
| Density | 1.017 g/mL at 25 °C(lit.) |
| refractive index | n |
| FEMA | 2571 | HEXYL 2-FUROATE |
| Flash point: | >230 °F |
| solubility | Insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils. |
| form | Colorless or pale straw-colored liquid. |
| Odor | at 10.00 % in dipropylene glycol. floral waxy green sweet pear apple |
| JECFA Number | 749 |
Safety information for FEMA 2571
Computed Descriptors for FEMA 2571
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