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artificial flavorings/esters
Hi,
Does anyone know how to make any of the artificial flavor esters that are used to make soda/juices/ice creams/ etc...
I know that amyl acetate is banana
methyl salycilate is oil of wintergreen
but strawberry, lemon, pineapple, who comes up with all of these chemicals?
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I remember that Allyl Caproate (2-Propenyl hexanoate) has a pineapple odour and is used for artificial pineapple flavours.
[Edited on 10-4-2004 by ech310n]
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these are scents- I'm not sure they would have the same flavor though.
apple- methyl butanoate
apricot-pentyl butanoate
banana-3-methylbutyl ethanoate
cherry-ethyl benzoate
orange-octyl ethanoate
pineapple-ethyl butanoate
red grape-ethyl heptanoate
rum- ethyl methanoate- have made it
wintergreen-methyl salicylate-have made it
kinda minty - ethyl salicylate- have made it
avtr01; Are you wanting the procedures for these too?
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That's very interesting Rogue.
Never realised how simple those flavourings are.
Are those the official flavourings admitted for foods??
Forgive me a dumb question - but in the case of the salicylates, are those the esters or ethers? I guess the former 
What are the procedures for those? How do you avoid ethers from forming, which are presumably not the intended products?
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Well here is the semi-microscale procedure from my textbook. It has the stoich done for ethyl ethanoate and methyl salicylate. Any other ester just
go with the condensation reaction
R-OH + R-COOH-->H2O + R-O-CO-R and do the stoich and use the same method. No info listed on percent yield though. -I have done the 2 reactions
bellow
Chemoleo-yup they are esters, but I'm not sure if they can be eaten/used in food, not sure what stops ether from forming-mabey the temp is to
low?
Procedure
1. Add 5mL ethanol and 6 mL ethanoic acid to a 25X250mm testtube
2. Add 8-10 drops of concentrated sulfuric acid as the catalyst
3. set up a hot water bath in a 250mL beaker-temp should not exceed 70*C
4. clamp the testube inside the beaker so the level of reactants inside the tube is about 1cm below the water in the bath
5. Plug testube with 1-hole rubber stopper of the correct size and insert about 50cm of glass tubing into the hole-acts like a reflux collumn
6. heat at 60-70*C for about 10min
7. dump reaction mix into 30mL of cold water
8. the ethyl ethanoate will float in a thin layer on top of the water
9. repeat for 3.0g salicylic acid 10mL methanol and 20 drops sulfuric
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yeah, i was hoping for some of the more unique chemicals mentioned. I have been able to find procedures on how to make oil of wintergreen (methyl
salycilate) and amyl acetate but the others, like apple, cherry, etc... seem harder. I also read somewhere that artificial vanilla is extracted from
sawdust! ??
Thanks for the help
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Ethers are formed at temperatures of approx. 140 deg celcius. At a temp of 70 deg no, or very small quantities of ether would form.
To scale up the procedure reflux is required. I used an oil-bath at a temp of around 100 deg celcius. After running for about 45 mins the mixture was
let to cool. The resulting mixture was then mixed with a saturated brine solution. The ester floats above in a seperate layer.
Theory guides, experiment decides.
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I'm sorry but I am sort of new to the diy chemistry community. When you talk of reflux, do you mean a reflux column made out of glass? If so,
can you make your own?
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For this experiment a simple piece of glass tubing acts as the reflux collumn. However it you were to scale it up you would probally want a proper
reflux collumn. A reflux collumn is like a condenser for distilling but instead of dripping the condensed vapors into a seperate vessel they are
dropped back into the reaction vessel.
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Just for anyone interested, I found this link with more about the procedure(s)
http://www.ucdsb.on.ca/tiss/stretton/chem2/orglab2.htm
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A DIY reflux column is not that difficult to make. I made one myself using a 50cm long glass tube obtained from one who makes neon lights. A 40cm PVC
pipe with a diameter of approx 1 inch was drilled, one hole at the bottom and another at the top - for water inlet. Two rubber bungs were bought to
fit the PVC tube, which were later bored. The glass tubing was passed through the PVC tube and stoppers. This is actually a condensor, which if placed
upright acts as a reflux condensor. avtr01, if you require any help just U2U me.
Theory guides, experiment decides.
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vanillin
avtr01 mentioned that artificial vanilla could be made from sawdust. I believe this is essentially correct. During the digestion of wood at a pulp
mill vanillin, which is the essence of vanilla, is a byproduct. My understanding is that at one time Crown-Zellerback was recovering vanillin at one
of their pulp mills. The amount recovered was enough to supply the total US demand for vanilla flavoring.
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That really is amazing, from the pulp mills to our mouths. Chemistry is such a "cool" subject 
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Personally, I think it's gross, but it's not as bad as one of the sources of vitamin b12.
Anyway, just a thought, not all the flavours are esters. Orange flavours usually contain acetaldehyde (as well as an ester, ethyl butanoate IIRC).
Cinnamon, vanilla, aniseed and butter are not esters either.
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What is the source for b-12? A bacteria?
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Vanillin is produced from lignin; in fact, I think it is the only current pure chemical from this source. At any rate, concentrated sulfite liqour
(the waste from sulfite pulping) contains p-OH, m-MeOH "alkyl"benzenes, sulphonated at the benzylic position. I put "alkyl" in
quotes, since I'm not sure exactly what form this chain is allowed to take; the picture I found showed a monomeric fragment, but it is
conceivable that polymeric fragments would work too. Anyhoo, the sulphonate is hydrolized with base, and the result is oxidized to give the
benzaldehyde, vanillin. Yields are low, and, I believe, most vanillin is made by petrochemical processes, formylating the appropriate catechol ether.
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vanillin is vanillin
In an ideal world all vanilla would come from beans, supporting a cottage industry in some bucolic village. And all drinking water would come from
mountain brooks or artesian springs. But unfortunately this is not where we have taken ourselves. And it is going to get worse unless we get our
excessive procreation under control. But I agree with avtr01 that that is the beauty of chemistry - vanillin is vanillin and H2O is H2O no matter
what processes they have been subjected to, or their source. I understand that now several metropolises including Los Angeles process sewer water
directly to drinking water. Now that one does make me stop and wonder!
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pulp mill byproducts
OT but I just had to say that when I worked at a mill (Kraft and sulfite) tall oil and turpentine were byproducts, although as Geo says they are not
pure compounds.
The turpentine recovery unit really fascinated me as it took the liquid stream of condensed digester blowdown gas containing water and tupentine.
This liquid went to a decanter that automatically, with no moving parts, drew off the tupentine from the water based on immisicibility and differences
in density.
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its unfathomable to me, at least how those industrial processes work. Think about it, even ammonia, by the baush process has a yield of about 13%,
but so many products (N2 and H2) are being reacted that the ammonia plants still produce millions of tons of the stuff per year. Think about how hard
it is to make it homemade!!
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I know we don't live in an ideal world. I used to live in London, where the joke was that the water was the best in the world; it had been
filtered by 6 sets of human kidneys before it got to us.
Vanillin is vanillin, no matter if it is from oil or the orchid. On the other hand, the flavour from real vanilla is different because there are other
products present. Artificial vanilla is a whole lot cheaper than the real thing but, in my opinion, it simply doesn't taste as good.
I also have the vague feeling that keeping the vanilla growers in a job is better than not doing (hey, call me a communist).
Anyway, with my analytical chemist's hat on I could easilly check whther a vanillin sample was agricultural or petrochemical in origin.
BTW, one of the sources previously exploited for vitamin b12 was sewerage sludge.
a 13% yeild isn't great, but it doesn't matter. They recycle the other 87% and react it again.
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EWWwwwww... Sewage sludge for Vit B12?! Dont tell me it has something to do with the crap (literally)..... 
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Crazy Ester Idea?
I was thinking of trying to make an ester like methyl salicylate, but instead of using methanol in the reaction I would use picric acid so I would get
the ester picryl salicylate. I have found no info on this ester so I have a few questions before trying this:
1. Will the nitro groups on the picric acid molecule act as an inhibitor so the esterification/condensation reaction would not occur?
2. Is this a sane idea or would the product be incredibly unstable, explosive, or excedingly toxic?
3. What solvent should I use, I was thinking water but the low solubilitues of salicylic and picric seem to make it look like a bad idea because I
would need a lot of water and even more sulfuric acid catalyst to absorb all the water molecules, plus the ones that form? ....hmm..... mabey just
sulfuric acid for the solvent?
4. Is the procedure that I posted earlier aplicable for this synthesis, or would some part of it need to be modified for this particular reaction.
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I think that picric acid would form a charge transfer complex with salicylic acid. Given time, and a strong acid catalyst, you might get an ester. You
certainly don't want to use water as the solvent, alcohols or esters won't do either. Acetone would probably degrade and/ or react with the
salicylic acid. I think you are left with hydrocarbons, halocarbons or ether as the solvent. (and even ether might be pushing it.)
EWWwwwww... Sewage sludge for Vit B12?! Dont tell me it has something to do with the crap (literally).....
OK, I won't tell you, if you happen to find out, don't blame me.
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Well I think I will try with chloroform as the solvent, unless anyone can see a problem with it?-damn I'm gonna have to do this outside then, I
hate working outside, I am in clear viewing range of the neighbors , guess
I'll have to do this when they arent around, don't know when that might be. Will post results when I get this reaction done.
Never eating vitamin supplements again . kidding But really, B12 is B12 no
matter where it comes from, as long as it is purified well I could not care less.
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So it is from crap?? Do expand on that 
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