Methyl cinnamate

China [CN]

Uses: 

Methyl cinnamate can be used as a fixing agent, used to prepare carnation, Oriental flavor as a fixing agent, used as a daily chemical flavor: in soap, detergent and other daily chemical products used to prepare rose, daffodil, lavender, carnation, lilac and other daily chemical flavor; Used as food flavor: in flavor agents and pastries, used to prepare strawberry, grape, cherry, peach, cream, vanilla and other food flavors.

It appears as white to slightly yellow crystal with cherry and fragrant ester fragrant {gas. It has a melting point of 34 ° C, a boiling point of 260 ° C, a refractive index (nD20) of 1.5670 and relative density (d435) of 1.0700. It is soluble in ethanol, ether, glycerol, propylene glycol. It mostly exists in non-volatile oil and mineral oil, insoluble in water. Natural products are contained in basil oil (up to 52%), galangal oil and cinnamon oil.