BENZYL FORMATE

PRODUCT SPECIFICATION SHEET

PRODUCT                               :  BENZYL FORMATE

SYNONYMS                             :  BENZYL METHANOATE; FORMIC ACID, BENZYL ESTER

STRUCTURAL FORMULA    :

EMPIRICAL FORMULA          :  C8H8O2

MOLECULAR WEIGHT          : 136.15

ODOR                                       :  FLORAL FRUITY SPICY JASMINE

COLOUR & APPEARANCE : COLORLESS LIQUID

PURITY                                     :  98% MINIMUM

SPECIFIC GRAVITY @ 250 C : 1.084 - 1.092

REFRACTIVE INDEX @ 200 C : 1.509 - 1.514

BOILING POINT 760 TORR  : 2030C

SOLUBILITY                            :  SOLUBLE WITH ALCOHOLS, KETONES, OILS, AROMATIC, ALIPHATIC & HALOGENATE HYDRO CARBONS & INSOLUBLE IN WATER

CAS # : 104-57-4      FEMA # : 2145      NAFTA H # : 2915-13-0000

BLENDS WELL WITH            :  PARA-METHYL ACETOPHENONE

USES                                        :  SOLVENT FOR CELLULOSE ESTERS, FLAVORING & PERFUMES

SOME PERFUMERY USES :  ORANGE; GRAPE; PINEAPPLE; RASPBERRY; BALSAM

NATURAL OCCURERENCE   : CRANBERRY

PACKING                          :               LOCAL & EXPORTS CUSTOMER’S REQUIREMENT