Eugenyl methyl ether
93-15-2 · 1,2-Dimethoxy-4-(2-propen-1-yl)benzene · 1,2-dimethoxy-4-(2-propenyl)-benzene · 1,2-Dimethoxy-4-(2-propenyl)benzene · 1,2-dimethoxy-4-(prop-2-en-1-yl)benzene · 1,2-Dimethoxy-4-allyl benzene · 1,2-Dimethoxy-4-allylbenzene · 1,2-dimethoxy-4-prop-2-enylbenzene · 1,3,4-Eugenol methyl ether · 1,4-Eugenol methyl ether · 1-(3,4-Dimethoxyphenyl)-2-propene · 1-Allyl-3,4-dimethoxybenzene · 3,4-Dimethoxyallylbenzene · 3-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-1-propene · 4-Allyl veratrol · 4-allyl-1,2-dimethoxy-benzene · 4-Allyl-1,2-dimethoxybenzene · 4-Allyl-1,2-dimethoxybenzene, 99% · 4-Allyl-1,2-dimethyoxybenzene · 4-Allylveratrole · Allyl-1,2-dimethoxybenzene · Allylveratrol · Benzene, 1,2-dimethoxy-4-(2-propen-1-yl)- · Benzene, 1,2-dimethoxy-4-(2-propenyl)- · Benzene, 4-(2-propenyl)-1,2-dimethoxy · Benzene, 4-allyl-1,2-dimethoxy- · Benzene,2-dimethoxy-4-(2-propenyl)- · BRN 1910871 · CAS-93-15-2 · Caswell No. 579AB · CCRIS 746 · CHAVIBETOL METHYL ETHER · Dimethoxy-4-(prop-2-en-1-yl)benzene · ENT 21040 · EPA Pesticide Chemical Code 203900 · Eugenol EP Impurity E · Eugenol methyl · Eugenol methyl ether · Eugenol-methyl ether · Eugenyl methyl ether · FEMA 2475 · FEMA No. 2475 · FEMA Number 2475 · HSDB 4504 · methyl ester eugenol · Methyl eugenol · Methyl Eugenol (Standard) · Methyl eugenol ether · Methyl eugenol, >=98%, FCC · Methyl eugenol, analytical standard · Methyl eugenyl ether · methyl-eugenol · METHYLCHAVIBETOL · METHYLEUGENOL · Methyleugenol,(S) · O-Methyl eugenol · o-Methyl eugenol ether · O-Methyleugenol · Veratrole methyl ether · VERATROLE, 4-ALLYL- · WLN: 1U2R CO1 DO1CAS 93-15-2
Eugenyl methyl ether, or methyl eugenol, is a flavouring agent — a pale yellow liquid with a clove-like odour. It occurs naturally in clove, basil and other spice oils.
Where it is and isn’t permitted
| Jurisdiction | Status | Scope and limits | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australia and New Zealand | No listed food uses foundThis site has not matched this substance to any food use on this jurisdiction’s list of authorised food additives. A food additive may be used only in foods that list names. Flavourings, enzymes, processing aids and added nutrients are regulated separately and do not appear on it. | ||
| Canada | No listing matchedHealth Canada’s lists name additives without E or INS numbers, so this site matches them by exact name. A substance listed there under a name this site does not recognise has no row here. | ||
| European Union | No listed food uses foundThis site has not matched this substance to any food use on this jurisdiction’s list of authorised food additives. A food additive may be used only in foods that list names. Flavourings, enzymes, processing aids and added nutrients are regulated separately and do not appear on it. | ||
| Great Britain | No listed food uses foundThis site has not matched this substance to any food use on this jurisdiction’s list of authorised food additives. A food additive may be used only in foods that list names. Flavourings, enzymes, processing aids and added nutrients are regulated separately and do not appear on it. | ||
| Japan | No listing matchedThis site imports only Japan’s list of designated additives (Appended Table 1 to the Regulations for Enforcement of the Food Sanitation Act), matched by English name. Existing additives, natural flavouring agents and ordinary foods used as additives are permitted outside that list and are not imported, so an empty row does not show that Japan does not permit the substance. | ||
| South Korea | No listing matchedThis site imports Part III of South Korea’s Standards and Specifications for Food Additives, matched by CAS number, then INS number, then exact name. Mixed preparations and sanitisers are not imported, and an entry whose identifiers disagreed with a page’s is held for review, so an empty row does not show that South Korea does not permit the substance. | ||
| United States | Not listedDoes not appear on this jurisdiction’s permitted list. That is not the same as being prohibited. | ||
| Codex Alimentarius | Not listedDoes not appear on this jurisdiction’s permitted list. That is not the same as being prohibited. |
What FDA’s inventory records
This page holds no listing for Eugenyl methyl ether in the parts of 21 CFR this site reads. FDA’s Substances Added to Food inventory does carry it, as EUGENYL METHYL ETHER--NLFG — marked nlfg, pointing at a flavour industry number, with no 21 CFR citation, and FEMA number NLFG-2475.
The inventory is an information resource: a row means FDA holds information about the substance’s use in food, not that the substance is listed for that use. It is shown apart from the permissions above and is not counted as a US permission anywhere on this site.
What it is made from
Obtained from essential oils and also made synthetically by methylating eugenol.
- CAS registry number
- 93-15-2
- InChIKey
- ZYEMGPIYFIJGTP-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- PubChem
- CID 7127
How JECFA defines it
The international specification for identity and purity, prepared by the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives and published by FAO. It is a different document from any above, written by a different body and revised on its own cycle; it is advisory, and a country adopts it or does not.
Eugenyl Methyl Ether
Synonyms: Methyl eugenol, 4-allyl veratrol 4-Allyl veratrol; Methyl eugenol
Assay, identification and purity criteria
Description and assay
- Specification history
- Prepared at the 29th JECFA (1985), published in FNP 34 (1986) and in FNP 52 (1992). No ADI allocated at the 25th JECFA (1981)
- Chemical names
- 1,2-Dimethoxy-4-(2-propenyl)-benzene
- C.A.S. number
- 93-15-2
- Chemical formula
- C 11 H 14 0 2
- Formula weight
- 178.23
- Assay
- Not less than 98%
- DESCRIPTION
- Pale yellow liquid having a clovy odour.
- FUNCTIONAL USES
- Flavouring agent
- METHOD OF ASSAY
- Method A: Determine the content of methoxyl group (CH 3 O), as directed under Ethoxyl and Methoxyl Group Determination and calculate the content of C 11 H 14 O 2 as follows: Method B: Prepare a 1 in 100 solution of the sample in acetone and determine by gas-liquid chromatography using the following conditions: Column - length: 50 m - material: glass - packing: CW 20M (Carbowax 2000) Fuel gas: Hydrogen/air 35:300 Carrier gas: Helium Flow rate: 1.9 ml/min Detector type: FID Temperatures - injection: 250 o - column: 80 o /0 min, then 4 o /min, to 210 o Split: 1:30 Attenuation: 64 Retention time: 27.5 min. Sample size: 2 μl
Identification
- Solubility (Vol. 4)
- Soluble in ethanol and in most fixed oils; insoluble in glycerin, propylene glycol
- Refractive index (Vol. 4)
- n (20, D): 1.532 - 1.535
- Specific gravity (Vol. 4)
- d (25, 25): 1.032 - 1.036
- Infrared absorption
- The infrared spectrum of the sample corresponds with the reference infrared spectrum below
Purity criteria
- Solubility in ethanol
- 1 ml dissolves in 2 ml of 70% ethanol at 25 o
- Acid value (Vol. 4)
- Not more than 10
- Infrared spectrum
- Eugenyl methyl ether
Every name it appears under
61 recorded names. A label may use any of them.
CAS registry number
- 93-15-2
Other names
- 1,2-Dimethoxy-4-(2-propen-1-yl)benzene
- 1,2-dimethoxy-4-(2-propenyl)-benzene
- 1,2-Dimethoxy-4-(2-propenyl)benzene
- 1,2-dimethoxy-4-(prop-2-en-1-yl)benzene
- 1,2-Dimethoxy-4-allyl benzene
- 1,2-Dimethoxy-4-allylbenzene
- 1,2-dimethoxy-4-prop-2-enylbenzene
- 1,3,4-Eugenol methyl ether
- 1,4-Eugenol methyl ether
- 1-(3,4-Dimethoxyphenyl)-2-propene
- 1-Allyl-3,4-dimethoxybenzene
- 3,4-Dimethoxyallylbenzene
- 3-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-1-propene
- 4-Allyl veratrol
- 4-allyl-1,2-dimethoxy-benzene
- 4-Allyl-1,2-dimethoxybenzene
- 4-Allyl-1,2-dimethoxybenzene, 99%
- 4-Allyl-1,2-dimethyoxybenzene
- 4-Allylveratrole
- Allyl-1,2-dimethoxybenzene
- Allylveratrol
- Benzene, 1,2-dimethoxy-4-(2-propen-1-yl)-
- Benzene, 1,2-dimethoxy-4-(2-propenyl)-
- Benzene, 4-(2-propenyl)-1,2-dimethoxy
- Benzene, 4-allyl-1,2-dimethoxy-
- Benzene,2-dimethoxy-4-(2-propenyl)-
- BRN 1910871
- CAS-93-15-2
- Caswell No. 579AB
- CCRIS 746
- CHAVIBETOL METHYL ETHER
- Dimethoxy-4-(prop-2-en-1-yl)benzene
- ENT 21040
- EPA Pesticide Chemical Code 203900
- Eugenol EP Impurity E
- Eugenol methyl
- Eugenol methyl ether
- Eugenol-methyl ether
- Eugenyl methyl ether
- FEMA 2475
- FEMA No. 2475
- FEMA Number 2475
- HSDB 4504
- methyl ester eugenol
- Methyl eugenol
- Methyl Eugenol (Standard)
- Methyl eugenol ether
- Methyl eugenol, >=98%, FCC
- Methyl eugenol, analytical standard
- Methyl eugenyl ether
- methyl-eugenol
- METHYLCHAVIBETOL
- METHYLEUGENOL
- Methyleugenol,(S)
- O-Methyl eugenol
- o-Methyl eugenol ether
- O-Methyleugenol
- Veratrole methyl ether
- VERATROLE, 4-ALLYL-
- WLN: 1U2R CO1 DO1
Hazard reference values
No reference value for this substance in the sources we hold.
Evidence and how bodies read it
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