A sharp, ethereal fruity-ester note with a rummy, apple-pineapple character and a slightly solvent-like edge on first sniff. Very volatile and diffusive, giving a brief burst of tropical-fruity sweetness that fades quickly.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 828.
Colorless mobile liquid.
Slightly soluble in water, soluble in propylene glycol, miscible with alcohol and oils.
Milder and sweeter odor as compared to the n-butyrate, less apple-like, more apricot-like.
The flavor follows the odor in that it is less apple-like, more sweet-apricot or peach-like (than the n-butyrate).
This ester finds use in flavor compositions, mainly in fruit flavors including the popular 'Tutti-frutti' or 'Juicy-fruit' complexes, to which the ester adds a powerful and diffusive initial note.
The concentration used is normally about 20 to 200 ppm in the finished product.
Produced by direct esterification of methanol with iso-butyric acid under azeotropic conditions.