Isoamyl o-hydroxybenzoate
- CAS NO.：87-20-7
- Empirical Formula: C12H16O3
- Molecular Weight: 208.25
- MDL number: MFCD00020037
- EINECS: 201-730-4
- SAFETY DATA SHEET (SDS)
- Update Date: 2025-12-31 16:09:46
What is Isoamyl o-hydroxybenzoate?
Description
Isoamyl salicylate has a characteristic aromatic, strong herbaceous, persistent odor and a bittersweet taste reminiscent of strawberry. May be prepared by esterification of salicylic acid with the isomeric amyl alcohols obtained from fusel oil and other sources.
Chemical properties
Water-white liquid; sometimes having a faint yellow tinge which should not be pink or red; orchid-like odor. Soluble in alcohol, ether; insoluble in water and glycerol. Combustible.
Chemical properties
Isoamyl Salicylate has been found in a number of fruit aromas. It is a colorless liquid with a sweet, clover-like odor and is used in perfumery for floral and herbal notes, particularly in soap perfumes.
Chemical properties
Isoamyl salicylate has a pleasant, sweet, slightly floral, herbaceous-green odor and a bittersweet taste reminiscent of strawberry. Isoamyl o-hydroxybenzoate is a colorless oily liquid. Sp.Gr. 1.06. B.P. 277℃. Insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol, perfume and flavor materials.
Occurrence
Reported found in Burley tobacco, grapes, black tea and rum
The Uses of Isoamyl o-hydroxybenzoate
In perfumery and soaps.
The Uses of Isoamyl o-hydroxybenzoate
Isoamyl Salicylate is used in preparation of Hydrogen Peroxide responsive Oxalic Acid derivatives for imaging and therapy.
Preparation
By esterification of salicylic acid with the isomeric amyl alcohols obtained from fusel oil and other sources.
Definition
ChEBI: Isoamyl salicylate is a benzoate ester and a member of phenols. It is functionally related to a salicylic acid.
Aroma threshold values
Aroma characteristics at 1.0%: sweet, floral, soapy, spicy with anise and wintergreen nuances.
Taste threshold values
Taste characteristics at 5 ppm: floral, sweet, green, spicy anise and wintergreen-like. Natural
Flammability and Explosibility
Not classified
Properties of Isoamyl o-hydroxybenzoate
| Boiling point: | 277-278 °C(lit.) |
| Density | 1.05 g/mL at 25 °C(lit.) |
| vapor pressure | 8Pa at 20℃ |
| FEMA | 2084 | ISOAMYL SALICYLATE |
| refractive index | n |
| Flash point: | >230 °F |
| storage temp. | 2-8°C |
| form | clear liquid |
| pka | 8.15±0.30(Predicted) |
| color | Colorless to Almost colorless |
| Odor | at 100.00 %. floral herbal woody orchid metallic |
| Water Solubility | 145mg/L(25 ºC) |
| JECFA Number | 903 |
| Merck | 14,5125 |
| Dielectric constant | 5.4（20℃） |
| CAS DataBase Reference | 87-20-7(CAS DataBase Reference) |
| NIST Chemistry Reference | Benzoic acid, 2-hydroxy-, 3-methylbutyl ester(87-20-7) |
| EPA Substance Registry System | Benzoic acid, 2-hydroxy-, 3-methylbutyl ester (87-20-7) |
Safety information for Isoamyl o-hydroxybenzoate
Computed Descriptors for Isoamyl o-hydroxybenzoate
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