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Ethyl Butyrate

CAS
EC
Material type
synthetic aroma chemical
Canonical source
arctander
Formulation

Usage guidance

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Cost
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Compatibility tags
floralfruityrose
How it behaves

Olfactory profile

Family
fruity
Note tendency
Top
Descriptors
fruity

Intensely fruity, sweet ester with a bright pineapple-banana character and a hint of tropical juiciness. Very diffusive and short-lived, flashing off quickly to leave a light candy-fruit trace.AI · claude-opus-4-7

Intensity
7 / 10
Tenacity
2 / 10
Volatility
9 / 10
Reverse-composition

Contained in

Other ingredients whose composition declares this material as a constituent. The percentage shown is the supplier-declared concentration in that parent.

Ingredient%Range
STRAWBERRY Fragrance Oil3–15%
chemicals · No. 1178

Arctander monograph

Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 480.

TOPtenacity · moderatepower · diffusiveG.R.A.S.FEMA 2427
fruitysweet
MW
88.11
BP
121°C
MP
Sp.Gr.
0.88
Refractive n
Rotation
Appearance

Colorless mobile liquid.

Solubility

0.5°, soluble in water, miscible with alcohol and oils, soluble in Propylene glycol, almost insoluble in Glycerin.

Odor

Powerful, ethereal-fruity odor suggestive of Banana and Pineapple, and very diffusive.

Flavor

Sweet, fruity taste, but not very powerful in aqueous media.

Uses in perfumery

This ester has occasionally been used in minute traces in perfume compositions for its warm-fruity effect in Rose and other floral bases. It is also used as a masking agent for industrial fragrances.

Uses in flavor

Its main use, however, is in flavor compositions for imitation Butter, Caramel, Cream, Cheese, Banana, Cherry, Grape, Orange, Peach, Rum, Walnut, and in Egg-nog flavor, various berry-compositions and fruit complexes (Tutti-frutti, etc.).

Production

Produced by esterification of Ethanol with n-Butyric acid under azeotropic conditions.

Identity
Aliases · 4
Ethyl butyrateButyric etherEthyl-iso-butyrateEthyl-n-butanoate
Commercial
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