Natural Gamma Nonalactone Optical Active

Product Name:

Natural gamma nonalactone optical active

CAS:

104-61-0

MF:

C9H16O2

MW:

156.22

EINECS:

203-219-1

Mol File:

104-61-0.mol

Boiling point 

121-122 °C6 mm Hg(lit.)

density 

0.976 g/mL at 25 °C(lit.)

FEMA 

2781 | GAMMA-NONALACTONE

refractive index 

n20/D 1.447(lit.)

Fp 

>230 °F

storage temp. 

Store below +30°C.

form 

neat

Water Solubility 

9.22g/L(25 ºC)

JECFA Number

229

CAS DataBase Reference

104-61-0(CAS DataBase Reference)

NIST Chemistry Reference

2(3H)-Furanone, dihydro-5-pentyl-(104-61-0)

EPA Substance Registry System

Dihydro-5-pentyl-2(3H)-furanone (104-61-0)

Safety Statements 

24/25-22

WGK Germany 

1

RTECS 

LU3675000

HS Code 

29322090

Hazardous Substances Data

104-61-0(Hazardous Substances Data)

Description

Gamma-Nonalactone (5-Pentyloxolan-2-one) is a colorless to pale yellow clear oily liquid. It is found in bourbon whiskey, black currant berries, melon, papaya, pineapple, fresh blackberry, etc.1,2 It has a creamy and coconut-like odor.3 It is used as a flavoring agent in food to give coconut flavor. It is also a potential multi-species attractant lure for grain beetle pests.4

Description

γ-Nonalactone has a strong odor reminiscent of coconut and a fatty, peculiar taste.

Chemical Properties

γ-Nonalactone has a strong odor reminiscent of coconut and a fatty, peculiar taste.

Chemical Properties

gamma-Nonanolactone occurs in many foods and is a pale yellow liquidwith a coconut-like aroma. It has numerous applications, similarly to those of ??-octalactone, in aroma compositions and perfumery.

Occurrence

Reported found in peaches, apricots, roasted barely, rum, tomato, currants, guava, raisin, papaya, peach, pineapple, blackberry, strawberry jam, asparagus, wheat and crispbread, Camembert cheese, butter, milk, chicken, beef, lamb and pork fat, cooked beef and pork, beer, cognac, whiskies, sherry, grape wines, cocoa, green tea, pecan, oats, soybean, avocado, passion fruit, plum, plumcot, beans, mushroom, starfruit, fenugreek, mango, tamarind, rice, prickly pear, buckwheat, licorice, malt, wort, cherimoya, Bourbon vanilla, shrimp, nectarine, maté and sweet grass oil.