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Oils, sweet birch

Oils, sweet birch structure

CAS No:
68917-50-0
Chemical Name:
Oils, sweet birch
Synonyms:
Oils,sweet birch
Categories:
Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients > Synthetic Anti-infective Drugs

Description

The source of sweet birch oil of B. lenta is the bark (reddish-brown). Sweet birch oil has a characteristic wintergreen flavor.

Oils, sweet birch Basic Attributes

Molecular Weight：

288.42442

Exact Mass：

152.047

EC Number：

204-317-7

Characteristics

PSA：

46.5

XLogP3：

2.55

Appearance：

Methyl salicylate appears as colorless yellowish or reddish liquid with odor of wintergreen. (USCG, 1999)

Density：

1.174 g/mL at 25 °C(lit.)

Melting Point：

−8-−7 °C(lit.)

Boiling Point：

222 °C(lit.)

Flash Point：

205 °F

Refractive Index：

n20/D 1.536(lit.)

Water Solubility：

H2O: Slightly soluble

Storage Conditions：

METHYL SALICYLATE SHOULD BE STORED AND DISPENSED IN TIGHT CONTAINERS.

Vapor Pressure：

1 mm Hg ( 54 °C)

Vapor Density：

5.26 (vs air)

Odor：

LIQUID HAVING THE CHARACTERISTIC ODOR OF WINTERGREEN

Taste：

LIQUID HAVING THE CHARACTERISTIC TASTE OF WINTERGREEN

Safety Information

Transport codes：

NONH for all modes of transport

wgk germany：

hazard class code：

22-36/37/38-36/38

safety instructions：

26-36

RTECS Number：

VO4725000

Marks：

Storage features：

Separated from strong oxidants and strong bases.

Stability/Shelf Life：

SENSITIVE TO LIGHT AND HEAT

Precautionary statement(s)：

P305 + P351 + P338

Hazard Statements：

H302-H315-H319