Methyl cyclopentenolone(MCP)

Category:Fine Chemicals > Regulated Fine Chemicals
Product Name:Methyl cyclopentenolone(MCP)
CAS No.:80-71-7
Standard:In-house Standards
Price(USD):Negotiable
Company:Chengdu Dawn Pharmaceutical Technology Co., LTD

Basic Info
  • Grade: Food Grade

    Factory Location: Chengdu High-tech Zone, Sichuan Province, China

    Main Sales Markets: North America,Central/South America,Western Europe,Eastern Europe,Australasia,Asia,Middle East,Africa

  • Contract Manufacturing: CRO,CMO

  • Delivery Lead Time: 2months

    Sample Provided: yes

    Payment Terms: L/C

    Product name: Methyl cyclopentenolone(MCP)
    CAS NO.: 80-71-7
    Describtion: MCP is good broad-spectrum food odorant and low-heat sweetener, widely used in beverage, confectionery, tobacco and pharmaceutical industry. MCP can enhance and stabilize the aroma of coffee food and tobacco especially.
    Category: Food additives ( Self-developed Products)
    Remark&Status: Food-grade、Contract production outsourcing

    Ⅰ: Product introduction

    Methyl cyclopentenolone (MCP) is a food additive found in aceria, Ambrosia, tobacco and roasted coffee. It has been used as a good broad-spectrum food flavor additive and low heat sweetener, and is widely used in pastry, beverage, sugar fruit, tobacco, toothpaste and pharmaceutical industries. Especially for coffee food and tobacco flavor enhancement and stabilizing effect is particularly significant. There is no direct substitute for its role of similar products

    ※ Name: Methyl cyclopentenolone;3-methyl-2-Hydroxy-2-cyclopenten-1-one

    ※CAS No. : 80-71-7

    ※Molecular formula : C6H8O2

    ※ Molecular weight : 112.13

    ※ EINECS No. : 201-303-2

    ※ Melting point:  104-108 ° C

    ※ Boiling point:  170.05 ° C (roughestimate)

    ※ Density:  1.0795 (roughestimate)

    ※ FEMA:  2700 | METHYLCYCLOPENTENOLONE

    ※ Index of refraction:  1.4532(Estimate)

    ※ Flash:  100 ° C

    ※ Store at: +2°C to +8°C

    ※ Acidity coefficient  :(pKa)9.21±0.20(Predicted)

    ※ Characteristics:  Neat

    ※ Appearance: White crystalline powder, exposed to air for a long time, easy to oxidize and gradually turn to yellow.

    ※National standard: Chinese "Health Standard for Food Additives" (GB2760-2003) stipulates that it is allowed to use edible spices. When doing food additives, the implementation standard is "food additives methyl cyclopentenol ketone" (QB/T2641-2004), or the customer designated.

    Ⅱ: Brief analysis of production process and safety

    ①  Process route:

    The production process of the product consists of five steps of chemical transformation, with an average yield of 88.9% and an overall yield of 55.6% (calculated by dimethylamine).

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