| Melting point |
92-97 °C (lit.) |
| Boiling point |
265-266 °C (lit.) |
| Density |
1.0111 (estimate) |
| refractive index |
1.6070 (estimate) |
| FEMA |
3019 | SKATOLE |
| Flash point |
132 °C |
| storage temp. |
Store below +30°C. |
| solubility |
Chloroform (Slightly), Methanol (Slightly) |
| pka |
17.30±0.30(Predicted) |
| form |
Crystalline Powder or Flakes |
| color |
Almost white to pale brown |
| Odor |
indole-like odor |
| Odor Threshold |
0.0000056ppm |
| Odor Type |
animal |
| biological source |
synthetic |
| Water Solubility |
Soluble in water, Ether, Alcohols, Benzene, Acetone, Chloroform. |
| Sensitive |
Light Sensitive |
| Merck |
14,8560 |
| JECFA Number |
1304 |
| BRN |
111296 |
| Henry's Law Constant |
2.9×10-5 mol/(m3Pa) at 25℃, Wetlaufer et al. (1964) |
| Stability |
Stable, but light-sensistive. Stench! Incompatible with strong oxidizing agents, strong acids, acid ahydrides, acid chlorides. Combustible. |
| Major Application |
flavors and fragrances |
| Cosmetics Ingredients Functions |
PERFUMING |
| InChI |
1S/C9H9N/c1-7-6-10-9-5-3-2-4-8(7)9/h2-6,10H,1H3 |
| InChIKey |
ZFRKQXVRDFCRJG-UHFFFAOYSA-N |
| SMILES |
Cc1c[nH]c2ccccc12 |
| LogP |
2.60 |
| CAS DataBase Reference |
83-34-1(CAS DataBase Reference) |
| NIST Chemistry Reference |
1H-Indole, 3-methyl-(83-34-1) |
| EPA Substance Registry System |
3-Methylindole (83-34-1) |
