Description
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Methyl anisate is the methyl ester of p-anisic acid.
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Chemical Properties
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Methyl anisate has a herbaceous, anise-like odor and a sweet taste similar to melon.
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Chemical Properties
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Methyl anisate has an herbaceous, anise-like odor and a sweet taste similar to melon.
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Chemical Properties
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white crystalline mass
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Occurrence
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Reported found in the mushroom variety Trametes graveolens, feyoa fruit and peel (Feijoa sellowiana), white wine, cocoa, tea, guava, starfruit, Bourbon vanilla, Tahiti vanilla, mountain papaya, sapodilla fruit and Illicium verum.
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Definition
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ChEBI: A benzoate ester obtained by the for mal condensation of the carboy group of 4-methoxybenzoic acid with meth anol.
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Preparation
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By esterification of anisic acid with metha nol or from sodium anisate, dimethyl sulfate and small amounts of me thanol.
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Aroma threshold values
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Aroma characteristics at 10.0%: sweet, creamy, anisic vanillalike, slightly spicy, woody and powdery heliotropine-like.
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Taste threshold values
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Taste characteristics at 10 ppm: spicy, sweet, anisic-like with a woody vanilla, licorice and methyl salicylate nuances and with a lingering sweet coumarin vanilla aftertaste.
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Synthesis Reference(s)
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Tetrahedron Letters, 33, p. 1959, 1992
DOI:
10.1016/0040-4039(92)88113-J
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Safety Profile
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Low toxicity by ingestion and skincontact. A skin irritant. When heated todecomposition it emits acrid smoke and irritating fumes.
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Purification Methods
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Distil the ester and/or crystallise it from EtOH. [Beilstein 10 H 159, 10 III 297, 10 IV 360.]
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