Category: flavor and fragrance agents
US / EU / FDA / JECFA / FEMA / FLAVIS / Scholar / Patent Information:
Physical Properties:
Appearance: | colorless clear liquid (est) |
Assay: | 95.00 to 100.00 %
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Food Chemicals Codex Listed: | No |
Specific Gravity: | 0.83000 to 0.83800 @ 25.00 °C.
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Pounds per Gallon - (est).: | 6.906 to 6.973
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Specific Gravity: | 0.83100 to 0.83900 @ 20.00 °C.
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Pounds per Gallon - est.: | 6.923 to 6.989
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Refractive Index: | 1.43800 to 1.44300 @ 20.00 °C.
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Boiling Point: | 194.00 to 197.00 °C. @ 760.00 mm Hg
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Boiling Point: | 84.00 °C. @ 10.00 mm Hg
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Vapor Pressure: | 0.166000 mmHg @ 25.00 °C. (est) |
Vapor Density: | 5.4 ( Air = 1 ) |
Flash Point: | 169.00 °F. TCC ( 76.11 °C. )
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logP (o/w): | 2.990 |
Shelf Life: | 24.00 month(s) or longer if stored properly. |
Storage: | store in cool, dry place in tightly sealed containers, protected from heat and light. |
Soluble in: |
| alcohol | | paraffin oil | | water, 252.2 mg/L @ 25 °C (est) |
Insoluble in: |
| water |
Stability: |
| antiperspirant, good | | detergents but stabilize | | fabric softener, good | | hypochlorite bleach, fair | | liquid detergent, good | | perborate powder detergent, good | | soap, good | | toiletry application, good |
Organoleptic Properties:
Odor Type: | citrus |
Odor Strength: | medium |
Odor Description: at 100.00 %. | fresh citrus lime floral clean cologne weedy |
Substantivity: | 16 Hour(s) |
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Cosmetic Information:
Safety Information:
Most important hazard(s): | None - None found. |
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S 02 - Keep out of the reach of children. S 24/25 - Avoid contact with skin and eyes.
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Oral/Parenteral Toxicity: | |
oral-rat LD50 3600 mg/kg (Moreno, 1973o)
oral-rat LD50 3600 mg/kg Food and Cosmetics Toxicology. Vol. 12, Pg. 525, 1974.
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Dermal Toxicity: | |
skin-rabbit LD50 > 5000 mg/kg Food and Cosmetics Toxicology. Vol. 12, Pg. 525, 1974.
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Inhalation Toxicity: | |
Not determined
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Safety in Use Information:
Category: | flavor and fragrance agents |
Recommendation for dihydromyrcenol usage levels up to: | | 75.0000 % in the fragrance concentrate.
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Maximised Survey-derived Daily Intakes (MSDI-EU): | 0.0012 (μg/capita/day) |
Modified Theoretical Added Maximum Daily Intake (mTAMDI): | 3900 (μg/person/day) |
Threshold of Concern: | 1800 (μg/person/day) |
Structure Class: | I |
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Food categories according to Commission Regulation EC No. 1565/2000 (EC, 2000) in FGE.06 (EFSA, 2002a). According to the Industry the "normal" use is defined as the average of reported usages and "maximum use" is defined as the 95th percentile of reported usages (EFSA, 2002i). |
Note: mg/kg = 0.001/1000 = 0.000001 = 1/1000000 = ppm. |
| average usage mg/kg | maximum usage mg/kg |
Dairy products, excluding products of category 02.0 (01.0): | 7.00000 | 35.00000 |
Fats and oils, and fat emulsions (type water-in-oil) (02.0): | 5.00000 | 25.00000 |
Edible ices, including sherbet and sorbet (03.0): | 10.00000 | 50.00000 |
Processed fruit (04.1): | 7.00000 | 35.00000 |
Processed vegetables (incl. mushrooms & fungi, roots & tubers, pulses and legumes), and nuts & seeds (04.2): | - | - |
Confectionery (05.0): | 10.00000 | 50.00000 |
Cereals and cereal products, incl. flours & starches from roots & tubers, pulses & legumes, excluding bakery (06.0): | 5.00000 | 25.00000 |
Bakery wares (07.0): | 10.00000 | 50.00000 |
Meat and meat products, including poultry and game (08.0): | 2.00000 | 10.00000 |
Fish and fish products, including molluscs, crustaceans and echinoderms (MCE) (09.0): | 2.00000 | 10.00000 |
Eggs and egg products (10.0): | - | - |
Sweeteners, including honey (11.0): | - | - |
Salts, spices, soups, sauces, salads, protein products, etc. (12.0): | 5.00000 | 25.00000 |
Foodstuffs intended for particular nutritional uses (13.0): | 10.00000 | 50.00000 |
Non-alcoholic ("soft") beverages, excl. dairy products (14.1): | 5.00000 | 25.00000 |
Alcoholic beverages, incl. alcohol-free and low-alcoholic counterparts (14.2): | 10.00000 | 50.00000 |
Ready-to-eat savouries (15.0): | 20.00000 | 100.00000 |
Composite foods (e.g. casseroles, meat pies, mincemeat) - foods that could not be placed in categories 01.0 - 15.0 (16.0): | 5.00000 | 25.00000 |
Safety References:
European Food Safety Athority(efsa): | Flavor usage levels; Subacute, Subchronic, Chronic and Carcinogenicity Studies; Developmental / Reproductive Toxicity Studies; Genotoxicity Studies... |
European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) reference(s): |
Opinion of the Scientific Panel on food additives, flavourings, processing aids and materials in contact with food (AFC) related to Flavouring Group Evaluation 18 (FGE.18): Aliphatic, alicyclic and aromatic saturated and unsaturated tertiary alcohols, aromatic tertiary alcohols and their esters from chemical group 6 View page or View pdf |
Flavouring Group Evaluation 18, Revision 1 (FGE. 18 Rev1)[1] : Aliphatic, alicyclic and aromatic saturated and unsaturated tertiary alcohols, aromatic tertiary alcohols and their esters from chemical groups 6 and 8 View page or View pdf |
Scientific Opinion on Flavouring Group Evaluation 90 (FGE.90): Consideration of Aliphatic, acyclic and alicyclic terpenoid tertiary alcohols and structurally related substances evaluated by JECFA (68th meeting)FGE.18Rev1 (2009) View page or View pdf |
Scientific Opinion on Flavouring Group Evaluation 18, Revision 2 (FGE.18Rev2): Aliphatic, alicyclic and aromatic saturated and unsaturated tertiary alcohols, aromatic tertiary alcohols and their esters from chemical groups 6 and 8. View page or View pdf |
Scientific Opinion on Flavouring Group Evaluation 18, Revision 3 (FGE.18Rev3): Aliphatic, alicyclic and aromatic saturated and unsaturated tertiary alcohols, aromatic tertiary alcohols and their esters from chemical groups 6 and 8. View page or View pdf |
EPI System: | View |
EPA Substance Registry Services (TSCA): | 18479-58-8 |
EPA ACToR: | Toxicology Data |
EPA Substance Registry Services (SRS): | Registry |
Laboratory Chemical Safety Summary : | 29096 |
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases: | Data |
WISER: | UN 1993 |
WGK Germany: | 1 |
| 2,6-dimethyloct-7-en-2-ol |
Chemidplus: | 0018479588 |
RTECS: | RH3420000 for cas# 18479-58-8 |
References:
Other Information:
Potential Blenders and core components note
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For Odor |
No odor group found for these |
(S)-3- | mercapto-3-methyl hexan-1-ol | |
aldehydic |
| decanal (aldehyde C-10) | FL/FR |
| mandarine undecenal | FL/FR |
| octanal (aldehyde C-8) | FL/FR |
| TMH aldehyde | FR |
(Z)-8- | undecenal | FR |
10- | undecenal (aldehyde C-11 undecylenic) | FL/FR |
balsamic |
iso | amyl benzoate | FL/FR |
| benzophenone | FR |
| cinnamyl alcohol | FL/FR |
| ethyl cinnamate | FL/FR |
berry |
| raspberry ketone | FL/FR |
citronella |
4,8- | dimethyl-7-nonen-2-ol | FR |
citrus |
| acetaldehyde citronellyl methyl acetal | FR |
| bergamot oil | FL/FR |
| bergamot oil bergaptene reduced italy | FL/FR |
| bergamot oil turkey | FL/FR |
beta- | bisabolol | FL/FR |
| citral diethyl acetal | FL/FR |
(R)- | citronellyl acetate | |
| citrus floral green fragrance | FR |
| citrus ocimenol | FR |
| citrus specialty | FR |
2,4- | dimethyl-3-cyclohexene-1-methanyl acetate | FR |
2- | dodecanone | FL/FR |
citrus | floral fragrance | FR |
| grapefruit oil c.p. california | FL/FR |
| grapefruit pentanol | FR |
| lemon hexadiene | FL/FR |
| lemon oil c.p. california | FL/FR |
| lime octadienal | FR |
| lime oil distilled mexico | FL/FR |
| lime pyran | FR |
| litsea cubeba fruit oil | FL/FR |
| mandarin oil | FL/FR |
| mandarin oil italy | FL/FR |
3- | methyl-4-(2-methyl butyl oxy) butyraldehyde | FR |
| nonanal dimethyl acetal | FL/FR |
blood | orange oil italy | FL/FR |
sweet | orange peel oil c.p. brazil | FL/FR |
| tetrahydromyrcenol | FR |
| trimethyl cyclohexene | FR |
(±)-2,4,8- | trimethyl-7-nonen-2-ol | FL/FR |
| verbena fragrance | FR |
| decanol | FL/FR |
floral |
iso | amyl salicylate | FL/FR |
| autumn carboxylate | FR |
| benzyl acetate | FL/FR |
| benzyl isobutyrate | FL/FR |
| bois de rose oil brazil | FL/FR |
| cilantro herb oil egypt | FL/FR |
| citronellol | FL/FR |
| citronellyl acetate | FL/FR |
| coriander seed oil | FL/FR |
| cyclamen aldehyde | FL/FR |
| cyclohexyl ethyl alcohol | FL/FR |
(E,E)- | digeranyl ether | FL/FR |
| dimethyl anthranilate | FL/FR |
| dimethyl benzyl carbinol | FL/FR |
| floral pyranol | FR |
| gardenia acetal | FR |
| gardenia oxide | FR |
| geraniol | FL/FR |
| heliotropyl acetate | FL/FR |
(Z)-3- | hexen-1-yl salicylate | FL/FR |
alpha- | hexyl cinnamaldehyde | FL/FR |
| hyacinth ether | FR |
| hydroxycitronellol | FL/FR |
laevo- | linalool | FL/FR |
| linalool | FL/FR |
| linalool oxide | FL/FR |
| methyl dihydrojasmonate | FL/FR |
| muguet nitrile | FR |
| muguet octadienol | FR |
| muguet shiseol | FL/FR |
cis- | muguet shiseol | FL/FR |
| nerol | FL/FR |
| neroli oil tunisia | FL/FR |
| nerolidyl acetate | FL/FR |
| nonanol | FL/FR |
| ocean propanal | FL/FR |
| palmarosa oil | FL/FR |
| peony acetonitrile | FR |
| peony alcohol | FR |
| petitgrain concrete | FR |
| petitgrain lemon oil | FL/FR |
| petitgrain mandarin oil terpeneless | FL/FR |
| petitgrain oil morocco | FL/FR |
| petitgrain oil paraguay | FL/FR |
| phenethyl acetate | FL/FR |
| phenethyl alcohol | FL/FR |
| phenethyl isobutyrate | FL/FR |
| rhodinol | FL/FR |
| rose butanoate | FL/FR |
| tetrahydrolinalool | FL/FR |
| tetrahydrolinalyl acetate | FR |
(S)-2,5,6- | trimethyl-2-heptanol | |
| undecanal dimethyl acetal | FR |
| violet methyl carbonate | FR |
| ylang ylang flower oil | FL/FR |
fruity |
| allyl amyl glycolate | FR |
| allyl cyclohexyl propionate | FL/FR |
iso | amyl acetate | FL/FR |
iso | amyl butyrate | FL/FR |
iso | amyl isovalerate | FL/FR |
| benzyl propionate | FL/FR |
gamma- | decalactone | FL/FR |
| ethyl heptanoate | FL/FR |
| green acetate | FR |
| heptyl butyrate | FL/FR |
para- | tolualdehyde | FL/FR |
gamma- | undecalactone (aldehyde C-14 (so-called)) | FL/FR |
(E)-2- | undecenal | FL/FR |
green |
| cortex pyridine | FL/FR |
iso | cyclocitral (IFF) | FL/FR |
| ethyl (E,Z)-2,4-decadienoate | FL/FR |
| galbanum oil | FL/FR |
(Z)-3- | hexen-1-ol | FL/FR |
(Z)-3- | hexen-1-yl acetate | FL/FR |
| hexyl 2-methyl butyrate | FL/FR |
2,4- | ivy carbaldehyde | FL/FR |
(Z)- | leaf acetal | FL/FR |
| melon nonenoate | FL/FR |
| methyl heptine carbonate | FL/FR |
| phenyl acetaldehyde dimethyl acetal | FL/FR |
| styralyl acetate | FL/FR |
| violet leaf absolute | FL/FR |
herbal |
| apium graveolens seed extract | FL/FR |
1,4- | cineole | FL/FR |
| citrus ocimenol acetate | FR |
| clary sage oil france | FL/FR |
| dihydroterpinyl acetate | FL/FR |
| linalyl acetate | FL/FR |
alpha- | terpinyl acetate | FL/FR |
mossy |
| veramoss (IFF) | FR |
musk |
| musk gx 50% in DEP | FR |
| musk gx 50% in DPG | FR |
| musk gx 50% in IPM | FR |
powdery |
para- | anisyl alcohol | FL/FR |
spicy |
| clove bud oil | FL/FR |
| elettaria cardamomum seed oil | FL/FR |
black | pepper oil | FL/FR |
(E,E)-2,6-allo | ocimene | FL/FR |
alpha- | terpineol | FL/FR |
tonka |
| tonka bean absolute | FR |
vanilla |
| vanilla bean absolute (vanilla planifolia) | FL/FR |
| vanillyl acetate | FL/FR |
waxy |
| decanal diethyl acetal | FL/FR |
| decanal dimethyl acetal | FL/FR |
1,8- | octane dinitrile | |
1- | undecanol | FL/FR |
woody |
(+)- | camphene | FL/FR |
| patchouli ethanone | FR |
| santall | FR |
(Z)- | woody amylene | FR |
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For Flavor |
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No flavor group found for these |
(+)- | camphene | FL/FR |
(R)- | citronellyl acetate | |
| decanal dimethyl acetal | FL/FR |
(E,E)- | digeranyl ether | FL/FR |
| dihydroterpinyl acetate | FL/FR |
| mandarine undecenal | FL/FR |
| nerolidyl acetate | FL/FR |
(E,E)-2,6-allo | ocimene | FL/FR |
1,8- | octane dinitrile | |
| thioterpenes | FL |
(S)-2,5,6- | trimethyl-2-heptanol | |
aldehydic |
| octanal (aldehyde C-8) | FL/FR |
1- | undecanol | FL/FR |
balsamic |
| ethyl cinnamate | FL/FR |
berry |
| raspberry ketone | FL/FR |
citrus |
| bergamot oil | FL/FR |
| bergamot oil bergaptene reduced italy | FL/FR |
| bergamot oil turkey | FL/FR |
beta- | bisabolol | FL/FR |
| citral diethyl acetal | FL/FR |
| grapefruit oil c.p. california | FL/FR |
| lemon carbonyls | FL |
| lemon hexadiene | FL/FR |
| lemon oil c.p. california | FL/FR |
| lime oil distilled mexico | FL/FR |
laevo- | linalool | FL/FR |
| linalool | FL/FR |
| litsea cubeba fruit oil | FL/FR |
| mandarin oil | FL/FR |
| mandarin oil italy | FL/FR |
| nerol | FL/FR |
| neroli oil tunisia | FL/FR |
blood | orange oil italy | FL/FR |
sweet | orange peel oil c.p. brazil | FL/FR |
| petitgrain lemon oil | FL/FR |
| petitgrain oil morocco | FL/FR |
alpha- | terpineol | FL/FR |
(±)-2,4,8- | trimethyl-7-nonen-2-ol | FL/FR |
cooling |
1,4- | cineole | FL/FR |
creamy |
gamma- | undecalactone (aldehyde C-14 (so-called)) | FL/FR |
fatty |
(E,E)-2,4- | decadienal | FL |
2- | dodecanone | FL/FR |
10- | undecenal (aldehyde C-11 undecylenic) | FL/FR |
floral |
| bois de rose oil brazil | FL/FR |
| citronellol | FL/FR |
| citronellyl acetate | FL/FR |
| geraniol | FL/FR |
| heliotropyl acetate | FL/FR |
pseudo | ionone | FL |
| linalyl acetate | FL/FR |
| methyl dihydrojasmonate | FL/FR |
cis- | muguet shiseol | FL/FR |
| muguet shiseol | FL/FR |
| ocean propanal | FL/FR |
| phenethyl alcohol | FL/FR |
| rhodinol | FL/FR |
| tetrahydrolinalool | FL/FR |
| ylang ylang flower oil | FL/FR |
fruity |
| allyl cyclohexyl propionate | FL/FR |
iso | amyl acetate | FL/FR |
iso | amyl benzoate | FL/FR |
para- | anisyl alcohol | FL/FR |
| benzyl acetate | FL/FR |
| benzyl isobutyrate | FL/FR |
| benzyl propionate | FL/FR |
gamma- | decalactone | FL/FR |
| dimethyl anthranilate | FL/FR |
| ethyl heptanoate | FL/FR |
| petitgrain mandarin oil terpeneless | FL/FR |
| rose butanoate | FL/FR |
| styralyl acetate | FL/FR |
grassy |
| palmarosa oil | FL/FR |
green |
iso | amyl isovalerate | FL/FR |
iso | amyl salicylate | FL/FR |
| celery distillates | FL |
| cinnamyl alcohol | FL/FR |
| cortex pyridine | FL/FR |
| cyclamen aldehyde | FL/FR |
iso | cyclocitral (IFF) | FL/FR |
| cyclohexyl ethyl alcohol | FL/FR |
| ethyl (E,Z)-2,4-decadienoate | FL/FR |
| galbanum oil | FL/FR |
| heptyl butyrate | FL/FR |
(Z)-3- | hexen-1-ol | FL/FR |
(Z)-3- | hexen-1-yl acetate | FL/FR |
(Z)-3- | hexen-1-yl salicylate | FL/FR |
| hexyl 2-methyl butyrate | FL/FR |
2,4- | ivy carbaldehyde | FL/FR |
(Z)- | leaf acetal | FL/FR |
| linalool oxide | FL/FR |
| melon nonenoate | FL/FR |
| methyl heptine carbonate | FL/FR |
| nonanal dimethyl acetal | FL/FR |
| phenyl acetaldehyde dimethyl acetal | FL/FR |
| violet leaf absolute | FL/FR |
herbal |
| apium graveolens seed extract | FL/FR |
| cilantro herb oil egypt | FL/FR |
| clary sage oil france | FL/FR |
| coriander seed oil | FL/FR |
(S)-3- | mercapto-3-methyl hexan-1-ol | |
| petitgrain oil paraguay | FL/FR |
honey |
| phenethyl acetate | FL/FR |
| phenethyl isobutyrate | FL/FR |
medicinal |
| dimethyl benzyl carbinol | FL/FR |
powdery |
| hydroxycitronellol | FL/FR |
pungent |
| acetaldehyde | FL |
spicy |
| clove bud oil | FL/FR |
| elettaria cardamomum seed oil | FL/FR |
black | pepper oil | FL/FR |
para- | tolualdehyde | FL/FR |
vanilla |
| vanilla bean absolute (vanilla planifolia) | FL/FR |
| vanillyl acetate | FL/FR |
waxy |
iso | amyl butyrate | FL/FR |
| decanal (aldehyde C-10) | FL/FR |
| decanal diethyl acetal | FL/FR |
| decanol | FL/FR |
alpha- | hexyl cinnamaldehyde | FL/FR |
| nonanol | FL/FR |
(E)-2- | undecenal | FL/FR |
woody |
alpha- | terpinyl acetate | FL/FR |
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Potential Uses:
Occurrence (nature, food, other): note
Synonyms:
| DHM bottoms | | DHM tops | | di hydro myrcenol | | di hydromyrcenol | | dihydro myrcenol | | dihydromyrcenate | | dihydromyrcenol | (±)-2,6- | dimethyl oct-7-en-2-ol | (1)-2,6- | dimethyl oct-7-en-2-ol | (±)-2,6- | dimethyl-7-octen-2-ol | 2,6- | dimethyl-7-octen-2-ol | (±)-2,6- | dimethyloct-7-en-2-ol | (1)-2,6- | dimethyloct-7-en-2-ol | 2,6- | dimethyloct-7-en-2-ol | | floralym | | lymolene | | myrcenol, dihydro- | | myrcetol | 7- | octen-2-ol, 2,6-dimethyl- |
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