Ethyl propenoate (ethyl acrylate) is an extremely sharp, pungent ester with a piercing fruity-plastic character. In heavy dilution it can suggest green-fruity nuances, but at any appreciable concentration it is acrid and eye-watering rather than pleasant.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 465.
Colorless liquid.
1.5% soluble in water, miscible with alcohol and oils.
Acrid, penetrating odor, apparently very diffusive, yet surprisingly tenacious.
Finds some use in flavor compositions, mainly Pineapple and Raspberry, but also in fruit complexes, Liqueur flavorings, etc.
Has occasionally found use in perfumery in the reconstruction of certain essential oils (Chamomile, etc.).
Finds some use in flavor compositions, mainly for Rum, Liqueur and various fruit flavors.
Produced by catalytic dehydration of Citric acid, followed by esterification.