Hexyl butyrate

Description

Hexyl butyrate has a characteristic fruity (apricot) odor and a sweet taste suggestive of pineapple. May be synthesized from butyric acid and n-hexyl alcohol in the presence of HCL.

Chemical properties

Hexyl Butyrate is a liquid with a powerful fruity odor. It has been identified in a number of fruits and berries and is an important constituent of fruit flavor compositions.

Chemical properties

Hexyl butyrate has a characteristic fruity (apricot) odor and sweet taste suggestive of pineapple.

Occurrence

Reported found in the essential oils of lavender and lavandin and in the oil from fruits of Heracleum giganteum. Also reported found in apple, apricot, banana, citrus peel oils, cranberry, guava, grapes, strawberry fruit and jam, thymus, Gruyere cheese, beer, cognac, rum, cider, tea, passion fruit, plum, plumcot, starfruit, mango, mountain papaya, Chinese quince peel and hog plum (Spondias mombins L.)

Definition

ChEBI: A fatty acid ester obtained by the formal condensation of hexanol with butyric acid.

Preparation

From butyric acid and n-hexyl alcohol in the presence of HCl

Aroma threshold values

Detection: 250 ppb

Taste threshold values

Taste characteristics at 10 ppm: fruity, green, waxy, fatty and vegetative.

Flammability and Explosibility

Not classified