A soft, sweet fruity ester with a green pear-skin and pineapple-like character, edged with a mild waxy nuance. Diffusive and clean but not as sharp as ethyl butyrate — more rounded and juicy, reminiscent of sorbic acid's dried-fruit facet.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 551.
Colorless liquid.
Slightly soluble in water, soluble in alcohol, miscible in oils.
Warm-fruity and somewhat ethereal odor.
Fruity-caramellic, slightly winey taste.
This ester is used in flavor compositions, mainly imitation fruit flavors, and particularly for baked goods where its flavor type and relative stability are advantageous.
Produced by direct esterification of Ethanol with Sorbic acid, e.g. under azeotropic conditions. The acid is obtained from Crotonaldehyde plus Malonic acid.