| Identification | Back Directory | [Name]
2,3-UNDECADIONE | [CAS]
7493-59-6 | [Synonyms]
FEMA 3090
ACETYL NONYRYL
2,3-UNDECADIONE
2,3-Undecanedione
undecane-2,3-dione | [EINECS(EC#)]
231-330-5 | [Molecular Formula]
C11H20O2 | [MDL Number]
MFCD00673204 | [MOL File]
7493-59-6.mol | [Molecular Weight]
184.28 |
| Hazard Information | Back Directory | [Chemical Properties]
2,3-Undecadione has a strong, sweet cream, warm odor with a coconut oil note. It has a sweet cream and coconut milk taste. | [Definition]
ChEBI: 2,3-Undecanedione is an alpha-diketone. | [Preparation]
By reacting 3-bromo-2-undecanone with sodium azide in diluted methanol and then boiling the resulting solution with
concentrated HCl; also from methyl nonyl ketone via the monoxime of the title material. | [Taste threshold values]
Taste characteristics at 2.5 ppm: aldehydic, creamy, buttery and dairy-like with waxy, rancid and fat nuances. |
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