| FL No |
07.054 |
| In register |
Yes |
| Flavis name |
Pentan-2-one |
| Chemical group number |
05 |
| Chemical group name |
Saturated and unsaturated aliphatic secondary alcohols/ketones/ketals/esters with esters containing secondary alcohols. No aromatic or heteroaromatic moiety as a component of an ester or ketal. |
| CAS No |
107-87-9 |
| CE No |
754 |
| JECFA N0 |
279 |
| FEMA No |
2842 |
| Systematic name |
2-Pentanone |
| Synonyms |
Ethyl acetone; Methyl propyl ketone; Propyl methyl ketone; Pentane-2-one |
| Evaluation |
No further evaluation needed |
| Needed Tox |
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| Remarks |
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| Ref short |
JECFA, 2000a |
| Reference |
JECFA, 2000a. Evaluation of certain food additives. Fifty-first meeting of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives. Geneva, 9-18 June 1998. WHO Technical Report Series, no. 891. Geneva. |
| Structure |
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