| FL No |
09.016 |
| In register |
Yes |
| Flavis name |
Menthyl acetate |
| Chemical group number |
08 |
| Chemical group name |
Secondary alicyclic saturated and unsaturated alcohols/ketones/ketals/esters with ketals containing alicyclic alcohols or ketones and esters containing secondary alicyclic alcohols. Esters may contain aliphatic acyclic or alicyclic acid component. |
| CAS No |
29066-34-0 |
| CE No |
206 |
| JECFA N0 |
431 |
| FEMA No |
2668 |
| Systematic name |
(1alpha, 2beta, 5alpha)-2-Isopropyl-5-methylcyclohexyl acetate; |
| Synonyms |
l-p-Menth-3-yl acetate; Menthol acetate; 1-Isopropyl-4-methylcyclohex-2-yl acetate |
| Evaluation |
No further evaluation needed |
| Needed Tox |
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| Remarks |
JECFA evaluated menthyl acetate (CASrn 16409-45-3 which does not specify isomer). CASrn in Register replaced by 89-48-5 which refers to Cyclohexanol, 5-methyl-2-(1-methylethyl)-, acetate, (1R,2S,5R) (SciFinder) |
| 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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