A sharp, ethereal fruity-solvent character reminiscent of banana and pear skin with a slightly herbaceous, camphoraceous edge. Flashes off quickly leaving a light green-fruity trail. Less sweet and more solvent-like than n-amyl acetate.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 61.
Colorless liquid
Very slightly soluble in water, miscible with alcohol and oils
Fresh-minty, fruity odor, not quite as sweet as the common iso-Amyl acetate
Finds little or no use in perfumes, and is not mentioned specifically as a flavor chemical
Occasionally used in masking odors for industrial purposes
Produced from Dimethyl ethyl carbinol by esterification with acetic acid under azeotropic conditions, or with Acetic anhydride.