Vanilla

Public-database records for Vanilla (CAS 121-33-5), reproduced here for independent cross-checking.

Safety classification and hazard statements

Regulatory listings

Physical description and handling notes

• Vanillin appears as white or very slightly yellow needles.
• Liquid; Other Solid; Dry Powder; CBI; Large Crystals
• White or off-white solid with a pleasant odor of vanilla; [Merck Index] Light yellow solid; [Sigma-Aldrich MSDS]
• Solid
• WHITE-TO-YELLOW CRYSTALLINE POWDER WITH CHARACTERISTIC ODOUR.
• white or slightly yellow needles or crystalline powder with a sweet, creamy, vanilla odour

Reported physical properties

How this substance is indexed

Documented uses

• Found in foods and plants; Used as a flavoring agent and fragrance; [Merck Index] Used as a chemical intermediate, fuel additive, odor agent, and anti-UV agent; [IUCLID] In the group of essential oils with active product registrations in the US for uses as insect feeding depressants, insecticides, and repellants; Used to control clothes moths and fleas; [EPA REDs] Used in attractants for the control of flies, roaches, and crickets; [HSDB]
• Pharmaceutic aid (flavor). As a flavoring agent in confectionery, beverages, foods and animal feeds. Fragrance and flavor in cosmetics. Reagent for synthesis.
• The single largest use for vanillin is as a starting material for the manufacture of an antihypertensive drug having the chemical name of methyldopa or L-3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-2-methylalanine.
• For more Uses (Complete) data for VANILLIN (8 total), please visit the HSDB record page.
• Flavouring Agent -> FLAVOURING_AGENT -> JECFA Functional Classes
• Flavoring Agents -> JECFA Flavorings Index

Names this substance appears under

vanillin; 4-Hydroxy-3-methoxybenzaldehyde; 121-33-5; Vanillic aldehyde; Vanillaldehyde; p-Vanillin; Vanilline; Lioxin; 3-Methoxy-4-hydroxybenzaldehyde; 4-Hydroxy-3-methoxy-benzaldehyde; Benzaldehyde, 4-hydroxy-3-methoxy-; 4-Hydroxy-m-anisaldehyde; 2-Methoxy-4-formylphenol; Zimco; p-Hydroxy-m-methoxybenzaldehyde; 4-Formyl-2-methoxyphenol

Computed molecular descriptors

Database abstract

4-Hydroxy-3-methoxybenzaldehyde · CAS 121-33-5 · C8H8O3. UNII CHI530446X. 沸点: 545 °F at 760 mmHg (NTP, 1992); 沸点: 285 °C; 沸点: 285.00 to 286.00 °C. @ 760.00 mm Hg.

Source: PubChem / Wikidata; the batch COA governs where values differ.