Delta-octanolide is a delta-lactone.
Definition
Delta-octanolide is a delta-lactone.
Source: PubChem
US FDA substance register · UNII 8AA944C37V · registered name .DELTA.-OCTALACTONE · single chemical substance
Cosmetic roles
Gives the product a scentPERFUMING
More data — names, identifiers, properties, test records, literature
Names & identifiers
DELTA-OCTALACTONEINCI2H-Pyran-2-one, tetrahydro-6-propyl-Synonym
- CAS No.chemical registry number
- 698-76-0
- EC No.EU chemical inventory number
- 211-820-5
- DTXSIDUS EPA chemical ID
- DTXSID5047164
- DTXCIDUS EPA compound ID
- DTXCID3027164
- IUPAC
- 6-Propyloxan-2-one
- Molecular formula
- C8H14O2
- Molecular weight
- 142.198 g/mol
Measured properties
- Appearance
- colourless to pale yellow liquid with a coconut-like odour
- Boiling point
- 115-117 °C (12 mmHg)
- Solubility
- (in ethanol)
- Density
- 0.994-0.999
Values measured on the substance itself, not a specification for a commercial raw material.
Source: PubChem
What products actually use it for
What the 13 products reported to the US EPA with this ingredient use it for. Products outside cosmetics are included, so the top few rows are its main uses.
- Fragrance11
- Flavouring and nutrient2
Source: US EPA CompTox dashboard
Related literature
- Physicochemical properties and volatile formation mechanism of medium-chain triacylglycerols during heating. · 2022 · Journal of food science
- RIFM fragrance ingredient safety assessment, hexadeca-1,5-lactone, CAS Registry Number 7370-44-7. · 2021 · Food and chemical toxicology : an international journal published for the British Industrial Biological Research Association
- Cellular and Molecular Targets of Waterbuck Repellent Blend Odors in Antennae of Glossina fuscipes fuscipes Newstead, 1910. · 2020 · Frontiers in cellular neuroscience
- Zebra skin odor repels the savannah tsetse fly, Glossina pallidipes (Diptera: Glossinidae). · 2019 · PLoS neglected tropical diseases
Linked databases 14
- Australian Industrial Chemicals Inventory (AICIS)
- ChEBI
- ChEMBL
- EU CosIng ingredient list 2
- NIST Chemistry WebBook
- PubChem 2
- PubMed 2 3 4
- UniChem cross-reference IDs
- US EPA CompTox dashboard 2
- US EPA DSSTox chemical database
- US FDA substance registration (GSRS)
- US FDA Unique Ingredient Identifier (UNII)
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