PRODUCT Properties
| Melting point: | -10°C |
| Boiling point: | 80-82 °C10 mm Hg(lit.) |
| Density | 0.916 g/mL at 25 °C(lit.) |
| refractive index | n |
| FEMA | 2587 | 5-HYDROXY-4-OCTANONE |
| Flash point: | 175 °F |
| pka | 13.13±0.20(Predicted) |
| form | clear liquid |
| color | Light yellow to Yellow to Orange |
| Specific Gravity | 0.92 |
| Odor | at 1.00 % in dipropylene glycol. sweet pungent buttery nut |
| Odor Type | buttery |
| JECFA Number | 416 |
| Merck | 14,1595 |
| LogP | 1.69 |
Description and Uses
5-Hydroxy-4-octanone has a sweet, slightly pungent, buttery, nutlike odor and a sweet, buttery, oily taste. May be prepared by reacting sodium metal with ethyl butyrate in boiling ether or in the same fashion starting from methyl butyrate.
Safety
| WGK Germany | 3 |
| HS Code | 2914409000 |
