A sharp, ethereal solvent note with a light fruity-pear character reminiscent of nail polish remover softened by a mild sweetness. Flashes off very quickly, leaving little behind.AI · claude-opus-4-7
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Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 1164.
Colorless mobile liquid.
Soluble in water, miscible with propylene glycol, glycerin, alcohol and oils.
Diffusive and fresh, ethereal-fruity, pear-like odor of poor tenacity.
Sweet raspberry-pear-like taste in concentrations near 20 ppm.
Propylacetate is rarely used in perfume compositions, except occasionally as part of top note compositions or additives to citrus colognes, etc. to introduce ethereal lift and volatile freshness with the alcohol and the initial notes of the fragrance (when used in alcoholic solution).
The ester is widely used in flavor compositions as a major (by volume, not by flavor power) part of strawberry, raspberry, blackcurrant, apple, pear, cherry, peach, pineapple, melon, cucumber, rum, etc. and in 'tutti-fruitti' type to support the 'flavor burst' initially.
Produced by azeotropic esterification of n-propanol with acetic acid.