What is in e-liquid (janty)?

[Warped3k]

I am not sure if this is the proper place to post it, if a mod needs to move it to a more appropriate sub-forum please feel free...

Anyways, I was looking at jantyworld.com on their "flavoring recipes" list and wanted to get an idea of what all this stuff actually is, as I am not a chemist, some of this looks greek to me...

Janty USA - Safety - FAQs

One example is their "camel" recipe:

Protovanol
Ethanol
Vanillin
Vanilla tincture
Rose oil
Benzyl alcohol
2-methylbutyric acid
2-hydroxy-3-methylcyclopent-2-enone
L-Nicotine - High 1.6 Medium1.1 Low 0.6 None 0
2-methylbutyraldehyde
Propane-1,2-diol
Piperonal
Undecan-4-olide

 

[UntamedRose]

Protovanol, Piperonal, Vanillin, Vanilla tincture...Vanilla Flavors different refining methods get different flavors out of beans and the chemicals from Vanilla beans.
Ethanol and Benzyl...Alcohol used to thin e-liquid and help bind flavors.
Rose oil...essential oil of rose petals.
2-methylbutyric acid...not sure what this is used for but I did find.."Natural Occurrence: Apple, apricot, cider, cocoa, cranberry, grape, grape brandy, strawberry, vinegar, whiskey......"
L-Nicotine....Lab made Nic
2-methylbutyraldehyde....again not sure Why it's in there but it's an Authorized food additive.
Propane-1,2-diol...Fancy talk for Propylene glycol, which again you and everyone else eats all the time

Undecan-4-olide........IDK and google no help we have a "resident chemist" maybe he will know..but if I had to guess...thats the tobacco flavor, chemical extract.

 

[aphlaque_duck]

L-Nicotine....Lab made Nic

I'm not a chemist and don't have a first-hand understanding of this, but from what I've gathered e-liquids use natural nicotine, which is easily and cheaply extracted from tobacco. So the 'L' just means "liquid", right? Or perhaps "levorotary" referring to the molecular arrangement.

I would love to have this clarified if I'm not understanding it correctly. Here's an older thread I was reading on the subject:

w w w dot e-cigarette-forum dot com slash forum slash nicotine slash 47322-synthetic-nicotine-there-really-such-thing dot h t m l

 

[Posidon]

Or perhaps "levorotary" referring to the molecular arrangement.

From Wikipedia

An optical isomer can be named by the spatial configuration of its atoms. The d/l system does this by relating the molecule to glyceraldehyde.

I believe that synthetic (lab made) nicotine is produced in a ratio of 50/50 molecules of the D/L configuration. The D form does not have the same affect in our body, only the L form is what we are seeking. It's very expensive to separate the D and L forms since there so similar. Tobacco plants only produce the L form. Therefore, the nicotine in our e-liquid should all be coming from the extraction of tobacco plants as this is the cheapest way to produce it.

Its very hard to produce 100% nicotine so most suppliers buy 98-99%. Of that extra 1-2% a small part of that is probably where the carcinogens come into play. In fact many plants produce carcinogens including tea, coffee, coco, and black pepper. The carcinogens could also come from pesticides used on the plants, but we can't really avoid consuming all plants that have been treated with pesticides can we?