6020. Methyl Anthranilate

Nomenclature

CAS number: 134-20-3
2-Aminobenzoic acid methyl ester; methyl 2-aminobenzoate; neroli oil (artificial).
C8H9NO2; mol wt 151.16.
C 63.57%, H 6.00%, N 9.27%, O 21.17%.

Description and references

Occurs in neroli, ylang-ylang, bergamot, jasmine, other essential oils and in grape juice; also obtained synthetically by esterifying anthranilic acid with CH3OH in presence of HCl.

Chemical structure

Properties

Crystals. d 1.168. mp 24-25°. bp15 135.5°. Slightly sol in water; freely sol in alcohol or ether. LD50 orally in rats, mice: 2910, 3900 mg/kg, P. M. Jenner et al., Food Cosmet. Toxicol. 2, 327 (1964).

Use

As perfume for ointments; manuf synthetic perfumes.