VANILLIN


  CAS NO.
121 - 33 5
 FORMULA C8 H8 O3
 MOL. WT. 152.2
 OCCURANCE OCCURS NATURALLY IN VANILLA, POTATO PARINGS, SIAM BENZOIN ETC
ODOUR PLEASANT AROMATIC VANILLA ODOUR
COLOR AND APPERANCE WHITE CRYSTALLINE MASS
STABILITY & DISCOLORATION STABLE, BUT SLOWLY OXIDIZES ON EXPOSURE TO MOIST AIR AND LIGHT
SOLUBILITY FREELY SOLUBLE IN ALCOHOL, ETHER, IN OILS ETC.
PURITY BY GLC METHOD MIN. 99%
MELTING POINT 82° - 83° C
SOLUTION IN ETHER COLOURLESS SOLUTION
REACTION IN SULPHURIC ACID PALE YELLOW SOLUTION
USES
IN PERFUMES, FLAVOURS, LABORATORY REAGENT, PHARMACEUTICALS AND SOURCE OF L - DOPA