Ethyl chloroacetate has a sharp, pungent ester odor with a fruity, wine-like undertone reminiscent of ethyl acetate but more penetrating and slightly acrid. It reads as chemical and solvent-like in isolation, with a faintly sweet, green-fruity facet on dry-down.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 483.
Colorless liquid.
Insoluble in water, miscible with alcohol and oils.
Ethereal, sweet odor. However, the vapors have an eye-irritating effect which is sometimes ascribed to instantaneous hydrolysis of the ester in contact with mucous membranes.
The ester has been suggested for use in flavor compositions, but the author believes that the use of it for such purpose is obsolete. Not only on account of uninteresting flavor (and odor) but also because of the hazard from possible traces of the corrosive Monochloroacetic acid.
Produced by hydrolysis of 1,2-Dichlorovinyl ethyl ether. That material is produced commercially on a large scale.