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Geranyl acetoacetate is prepared from diketene and geraniol in the presence of the sodium salt of geraniol.

Colorless to pale yellow oily liquid with a sweet, fruity, wine-like, and fermented apple aroma. Soluble in ethanol, propylene glycol, and fixed oils, practically insoluble in water.

Colorless oily liquid. Almost insolubIe in water, soluble in alcohol, Propylene glycol and oils.

FEMA 2510 finds some use in flavor compositions, mainly as a trace component in various fruit flavors, not only Apple. It introduces a certain note of natural pleasant "overripe" or "fermented" character to many fruit flavors, and its low rate of volatility makes it a good fixative for the more volatile and common components in these fruit flavors. Concentration in the finished product may be in the range of 1 to 10 ppm.

ChEBI: A monoterpenoid that is the carboxylic ester obtained by the formal condensation of geraniol with acetoacetic acid.

From diketene and geraniol in the presence of the sodium salt of geraniol.

A skin irritant. When heated to decomposition it emits acrid smoke andirritating fumes.