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Ethyl 5-hydroxydecanoate

PubChem CID
13580494
Structure
Ethyl 5-hydroxydecanoate_small.png
Ethyl 5-hydroxydecanoate_3D_Structure.png
Molecular Formula
Synonyms
  • Ethyl 5-hydroxydecanoate
  • 75587-06-3
  • 5-Hydroxydecanoic acid ethyl ester
  • Decanoic acid, 5-hydroxy-, ethyl ester
  • FEMA No. 4444
Molecular Weight
216.32 g/mol
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Dates
  • Create:
    2007-02-08
  • Modify:
    2025-01-25

1 Structures

1.1 2D Structure

Chemical Structure Depiction
Ethyl 5-hydroxydecanoate.png

1.2 3D Conformer

2 Names and Identifiers

2.1 Computed Descriptors

2.1.1 IUPAC Name

ethyl 5-hydroxydecanoate
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2.1.2 InChI

InChI=1S/C12H24O3/c1-3-5-6-8-11(13)9-7-10-12(14)15-4-2/h11,13H,3-10H2,1-2H3
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2.1.3 InChIKey

JZHPHZPSKLWKPM-UHFFFAOYSA-N
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2.1.4 SMILES

CCCCCC(CCCC(=O)OCC)O
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2.2 Molecular Formula

C12H24O3
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2.3 Other Identifiers

2.3.1 CAS

75587-06-3

2.3.2 European Community (EC) Number

2.3.3 UNII

2.3.4 DSSTox Substance ID

2.3.5 FEMA Number

2.3.6 JECFA Number

1962

2.3.7 Nikkaji Number

2.3.8 Wikidata

2.4 Synonyms

2.4.1 Depositor-Supplied Synonyms

3 Chemical and Physical Properties

3.1 Computed Properties

Property Name
Molecular Weight
Property Value
216.32 g/mol
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Property Name
XLogP3-AA
Property Value
2.8
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Property Name
Hydrogen Bond Donor Count
Property Value
1
Reference
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Property Name
Hydrogen Bond Acceptor Count
Property Value
3
Reference
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Property Name
Rotatable Bond Count
Property Value
10
Reference
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Property Name
Exact Mass
Property Value
216.17254462 Da
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Property Name
Monoisotopic Mass
Property Value
216.17254462 Da
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Property Name
Topological Polar Surface Area
Property Value
46.5 Ų
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Property Name
Heavy Atom Count
Property Value
15
Reference
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Property Name
Formal Charge
Property Value
0
Reference
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Property Name
Complexity
Property Value
157
Reference
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Property Name
Isotope Atom Count
Property Value
0
Reference
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Property Name
Defined Atom Stereocenter Count
Property Value
0
Reference
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Property Name
Undefined Atom Stereocenter Count
Property Value
1
Reference
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Property Name
Defined Bond Stereocenter Count
Property Value
0
Reference
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Property Name
Undefined Bond Stereocenter Count
Property Value
0
Reference
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Property Name
Covalently-Bonded Unit Count
Property Value
1
Reference
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Property Name
Compound Is Canonicalized
Property Value
Yes
Reference
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3.2 Experimental Properties

3.2.1 Physical Description

Colourless clear liquid; Sweet fatty peach-like aroma

3.2.2 Solubility

Very slightly soluble in water
Soluble (in ethanol)

3.2.3 Density

0.945-0.956 (20°)

3.2.4 Refractive Index

1.442-1.452

3.3 Chemical Classes

3.3.1 Food Additives

FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT -> FDA Substance added to food

5 Chemical Vendors

6 Food Additives and Ingredients

6.1 Food Additive Classes

JECFA Functional Classes
Flavouring Agent -> FLAVOURING_AGENT;
Flavoring Agents

6.2 FEMA Flavor Profile

Fruit

6.3 FDA Substances Added to Food

Used for (Technical Effect)
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
FEMA Number
4444
GRAS Number
24
JECFA Flavor Number
1962

6.4 Evaluations of the Joint FAO / WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives - JECFA

Chemical Name
ETHYL 5-HYDROXYDECANOATE
Evaluation Year
2010
ADI
No safety concern at current levels of intake when used as a flavouring agent

7 Use and Manufacturing

7.1 Uses

7.1.1 Use Classification

Flavouring Agent -> FLAVOURING_AGENT; -> JECFA Functional Classes
Flavoring Agents -> JECFA Flavorings Index

8 Safety and Hazards

8.1 Hazards Identification

8.1.1 GHS Classification

Note
Pictograms displayed are for 93.5% (1288 of 1377) of reports that indicate hazard statements. This chemical does not meet GHS hazard criteria for 6.5% (89 of 1377) of reports.
Pictogram(s)
Flammable
Signal
Warning
GHS Hazard Statements
H226 (93.5%): Flammable liquid and vapor [Warning Flammable liquids]
Precautionary Statement Codes

P210, P233, P240, P241, P242, P243, P280, P303+P361+P353, P370+P378, P403+P235, and P501

(The corresponding statement to each P-code can be found at the GHS Classification page.)

ECHA C&L Notifications Summary

Aggregated GHS information provided per 1377 reports by companies from 2 notifications to the ECHA C&L Inventory.

Reported as not meeting GHS hazard criteria per 89 of 1377 reports by companies. For more detailed information, please visit ECHA C&L website.

There is 1 notification provided by 1288 of 1377 reports by companies with hazard statement code(s).

Information may vary between notifications depending on impurities, additives, and other factors. The percentage value in parenthesis indicates the notified classification ratio from companies that provide hazard codes. Only hazard codes with percentage values above 10% are shown.

8.1.2 Hazard Classes and Categories

Flam. Liq. 3 (93.5%)

9 Literature

9.1 Consolidated References

9.2 Springer Nature References

9.3 Thieme References

9.4 Chemical Co-Occurrences in Literature

10 Patents

10.1 Depositor-Supplied Patent Identifiers

10.2 WIPO PATENTSCOPE

10.3 Chemical Co-Occurrences in Patents

10.4 Chemical-Disease Co-Occurrences in Patents

10.5 Chemical-Gene Co-Occurrences in Patents

11 Classification

11.1 ChemIDplus

11.2 UN GHS Classification

11.3 EPA DSSTox Classification

11.4 MolGenie Organic Chemistry Ontology

12 Information Sources

  1. ChemIDplus
    ChemIDplus Chemical Information Classification
    https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/source/ChemIDplus
  2. EPA DSSTox
    CompTox Chemicals Dashboard Chemical Lists
    https://comptox.epa.gov/dashboard/chemical-lists/
  3. European Chemicals Agency (ECHA)
    LICENSE
    Use of the information, documents and data from the ECHA website is subject to the terms and conditions of this Legal Notice, and subject to other binding limitations provided for under applicable law, the information, documents and data made available on the ECHA website may be reproduced, distributed and/or used, totally or in part, for non-commercial purposes provided that ECHA is acknowledged as the source: "Source: European Chemicals Agency, http://echa.europa.eu/". Such acknowledgement must be included in each copy of the material. ECHA permits and encourages organisations and individuals to create links to the ECHA website under the following cumulative conditions: Links can only be made to webpages that provide a link to the Legal Notice page.
    https://echa.europa.eu/web/guest/legal-notice
  4. FDA Global Substance Registration System (GSRS)
    LICENSE
    Unless otherwise noted, the contents of the FDA website (www.fda.gov), both text and graphics, are not copyrighted. They are in the public domain and may be republished, reprinted and otherwise used freely by anyone without the need to obtain permission from FDA. Credit to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as the source is appreciated but not required.
    https://www.fda.gov/about-fda/about-website/website-policies#linking
  5. FDA Substances Added to Food
    LICENSE
    Unless otherwise noted, the contents of the FDA website (www.fda.gov), both text and graphics, are not copyrighted. They are in the public domain and may be republished, reprinted and otherwise used freely by anyone without the need to obtain permission from FDA. Credit to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as the source is appreciated but not required.
    https://www.fda.gov/about-fda/about-website/website-policies#linking
  6. Flavor and Extract Manufacturers Association (FEMA)
  7. Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA)
    LICENSE
    Permission from WHO is not required for the use of WHO materials issued under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Intergovernmental Organization (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO) licence.
    https://www.who.int/about/policies/publishing/copyright
  8. Japan Chemical Substance Dictionary (Nikkaji)
  9. Springer Nature
  10. Thieme Chemistry
    LICENSE
    The Thieme Chemistry contribution within PubChem is provided under a CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license, unless otherwise stated.
    https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
  11. Wikidata
  12. PubChem
  13. GHS Classification (UNECE)
  14. MolGenie
    MolGenie Organic Chemistry Ontology
    https://github.com/MolGenie/ontology/
  15. PATENTSCOPE (WIPO)
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