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Ethyl maltol

analytical standard

Synonym(s):

2-Ethyl-3-hydroxy-4H-pyran-4-one, Ethyl maltol

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About This Item

Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C7H8O3
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
140.14
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
85151701
PubChem Substance ID:
E Number:
E637
NACRES:
NA.24

grade

analytical standard

Quality Level

Assay

≥98.0% (GC)

shelf life

limited shelf life, expiry date on the label

technique(s)

HPLC: suitable
gas chromatography (GC): suitable

mp

85-95 °C (lit.)

application(s)

cleaning products
cosmetics
flavors and fragrances
food and beverages
personal care

format

neat

SMILES string

CCC1=C(O)C(=O)C=CO1

InChI

1S/C7H8O3/c1-2-6-7(9)5(8)3-4-10-6/h3-4,9H,2H2,1H3

InChI key

YIKYNHJUKRTCJL-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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General description

Ethyl maltol is a synthetic homologue of maltol, often found as flavor enhancers and it contributes to the fragrance of commercials products such as cereals, breads, malt beverages, coffee, soybeans and chocolate milk.

Application

Ethyl maltol may be used as an analytical reference standard for the quantification of the analyte in food using spectrophotometric technique.
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Packaging

Bottomless glass bottle. Contents are inside inserted fused cone.

Pictograms

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Signal Word

Warning

Hazard Statements

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Oral

Storage Class Code

11 - Combustible Solids

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable


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Simultaneous kinetic-spectrophotometric determination of maltol and ethyl maltol in food samples by using chemometrics
Ni Y, et al.
Food Chemistry, 109(2), 431-438 (2008)
M A Barrand et al.
The Journal of pharmacy and pharmacology, 39(3), 203-211 (1987-03-01)
The pyrones, 3-hydroxy-2-methyl-4-pyrone (maltol) and 3-hydroxy-2-ethyl-4-pyrone (ethyl maltol) chelate iron with a high affinity and selectivity. The resulting 1:3 (metal-ligand) complexes, being neutral, are able to partition readily across cell membranes and thus may facilitate iron transport across the intestinal
T J Simons
The Journal of membrane biology, 123(1), 63-71 (1991-07-01)
Zn2+ has been allowed to equilibrate across the red cell membrane using two agents that increase membrane permeability to this ion: the ionophore A23187 and the specific carrier ethylmaltol. Extracellular free Zn2+ was controlled with EGTA (1,2-di(2-aminoethoxy)ethane-NNN'N'tetra-acetic acid] buffers, except
R C Hider et al.
Biochemical pharmacology, 39(6), 1005-1012 (1990-03-15)
The ability of a number of heterocyclic metal chelators to deliver zinc into red cells, to release the liganded zinc to haemoglobin and thereby cause a left shift in the oxygen dissociation curve of intact red cells has been investigated.
Yuanyuan Yue et al.
Spectrochimica acta. Part A, Molecular and biomolecular spectroscopy, 96, 316-323 (2012-06-19)
This paper was designed to investigate the interaction of ethyl maltol with human serum albumin (HSA) under physiological condition by fluorescence, synchronous fluorescence, three-dimensional fluorescence, Fourier transformation infrared spectra, and molecular docking method. Spectroscopic analysis of the emission quenching at

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