A light, diffusive fruity ester with a juicy pineapple-apple character and a soft green edge. Fresh and slightly winey on top, fading fairly quickly into a mild sweet fruitiness.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 180.
Colorless liquid.
Almost insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.
Heavy winey-fruity Pineapple-like odor. Fresher than the n-Butyl ester, and it displays, according to some observers, a Cocoa-like undertone.
This ester is occasionally used for special effects in Oriental fragrances, mainly as a modifier in the fruity complex and topnote.
It is used extensively in flavor compositions, primarily in imitation Pineapple, but also in Apple, Grape and other fruity types.
Produced by direct esterification of iso-Butanol with Caproic acid under azeotropic conditions.