Gamma Hexalactone

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Gamma Hexalactone has a warm, powerful, herbaceous, sweet odor and a sweet, coumarin-caramel taste.

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Gamma hexalactone Basic information

Product Name:	4-Hexanolide
Synonyms:	4-HYDROXYHEXANOIC ACID G-LACTONE;4-hexanolide;4-Ethyl-4-hydroxybutanoic acid lactone;GAMMA-HEXALACTONE;GAMMA-HEXANOLACTONE;Dihydro-5-ethyl-2(3H)-furanone;gamma-Ethylbutyrolactone;gamma-Ethyl-n-butyrolactone
CAS:	695-06-7
MF:	C6H10O2
MW:	114.14
EINECS:	211-778-8
Product Categories:	Heterocycles;lactone flavors;-;Cosmetics;Food Additive
Mol File:	695-06-7.mol

Gamma hexalactone Chemical Properties

Melting point	-18°C
Boiling point	219 °C(lit.)
density	1.023 g/mL at 25 °C(lit.)
FEMA	2556 \| GAMMA-HEXALACTONE
refractive index	n20/D 1.439(lit.)
Fp	209 °F
storage temp.	Store below +30°C.
Specific Gravity	1.023
JECFA Number	223
BRN	107260
CAS DataBase Reference	695-06-7(CAS DataBase Reference)
NIST Chemistry Reference	2(3H)-Furanone, 5-ethyldihydro-(695-06-7)
EPA Substance Registry System	2(3H)-Furanone, 5-ethyldihydro- (695-06-7)

Gamma hexalactone Safety Information

Hazard Codes	Xi
Risk Statements	36/37/38-36
Safety Statements	26-36
WGK Germany	2
RTECS	LU4220000
Hazard Note	Irritant
TSCA	Yes
HS Code	29322090

Gamma hexalactone MSDS Information

Provider	Language
SigmaAldrich	English
ALFA	English

Gamma hexalactone Usage And Synthesis

Description	gamma-Hexalactone has a warm, powerful, herbaceous, sweet odor and a sweet, coumarin-caramel taste. May be prepared by reduction of sorbic acid using Zn, Sn, or SnCl2 and concentrated HCL in acetic acid solution at 85°C; from ethylene oxide and sodio-malonic ester; also from propyl alcohol and methylacrylate in the presence of di-tert-butyl peroxide.
Chemical Properties	γ-Hexalactone has a sweet, herbaceous, warm, powerful, odor, with a sweet, coumarin-caramel taste. This compound is also described to have odor as sweet, creamy, lactonic, tobacco and coumarin-like with green coconut nuances.
Chemical Properties	4-Hexanolide is clear colorless liquid
Occurrence	Reported found in apple juice, apricot, orange juice, guava, raisin, papaya, peach, pineapple, berries, asparagus, peas, potato, tomato, breads, cheeses, butter, milk, chicken fat, cooked beef, cooked pork, beer, cognac, grape wines, cocoa, tea, filberts, pecans, passion fruit, Japanese plum, beans, mushroom, starfruit, mango, dried fig, prickly pear, licorice, soursop, Cape gooseberry, nectarines, quince, pawpaw and other sources.
Uses	4-Hexanolide was used as curing agent for diglycidyl ether of bisphenol A with ytterbium triflate as an initiator.
Definition	4-Hexanolide is a gamma-lactone that is oxolan-2-one substituted by an ethyl group at position 5.
Preparation	By reduction of sorbic acid using Zn, Sn or SnCl2 and concentrated HCl in acetic acid solution at 85°C; from ethylene oxide and sodio-malonic ester; also from propyl alcohol and methylacrylate in the presence of di-tert-butyl peroxide
Aroma threshold values	Detection: 1.6 ppm
Taste threshold values	Taste characteristics at 75 ppm: sweet, creamy, vanilla-like with green lactonic powdery nuances