Isopentyl salicylate
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Surname | Isopentyl salicylate | |||||||||||||||
Molecular formula | C 12 H 16 O 3 | |||||||||||||||
Brief description |
colorless oily liquid |
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Molar mass | 208.25 g mol −1 | |||||||||||||||
Physical state |
liquid |
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density |
1.05 g cm −3 |
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boiling point |
278 ° C |
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solubility |
very bad in water (145 mg l −1 ) |
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As far as possible and customary, SI units are used. Unless otherwise noted, the data given apply to standard conditions . |
Isopentyl salicylate or isoamyl salicylate is the isoamyl ester of salicylic acid . It is a colorless liquid that smells like orchids and is hardly soluble in water, but soluble in alcohols . The flash point is> 100 ° C.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d data sheet isoamyl salicylate at thegoodscentscompany.com, accessed on October 18, 2016.
- ↑ a b c Entry on isopentyl salicylate in the ChemIDplus database of the United States National Library of Medicine (NLM) .
- ↑ harmonized classification for this substance . A labeling of isopentyl salicylate in the Classification and Labeling Inventory of the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), which was accessed on May 6, 2017, is reproduced from a self-classification by the distributor . There is not yet a