Butyl Acetate - Colorless Flammable Liquid With Sweet Banana And Apple Aroma | Ideal For Solvent Applications And Synthetic Fruit Flavoring

We are trusted company for Trading and Supplying of Butyl Acetates from Surat, Gujarat, India. n-Butyl acetate, also known as butyl ethanoate, is an organic compound commonly used as a solvent in the production of lacquers and other products. It is a colorless flammable liquid. Butyl acetate is found in many types of fruit, where along with other chemicals it imparts characteristic flavors and has a sweet smell of banana or apple.
It is used as a synthetic fruit flavoring in foods such as candy, ice cream, cheeses, and baked goods.
Butyl Acetate
Skeletal formula of Butyl Acetate
Ball-and-stick model of Butyl Acetate
Production
Butyl acetates are commonly manufactured by the Fischer esterification of a butanol isomer and acetic acid with the presence of catalytic sulfuric acid under reflux conditions.
Occurrence in nature
Apples, especially of the Red Delicious variety, are flavored in part by this chemical. The alarm pheromones emitted by the Koschevnikov gland of honey bees contain butyl acetate.