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Ethyl maltol
analytical standard
Synonym(s):
2-Ethyl-3-hydroxy-4H-pyran-4-one, Ethyl maltol
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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
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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.
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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)
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
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
Simultaneous spectrophotometric determination of maltol, ethyl maltol, vanillin and ethyl vanillin in foods by multivariate calibration and artificial neural networks
Ni Y, et al.
Food Chemistry, 89(3), 465-473 (2005)
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.
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