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Isobutyl phenoxyacetate is a colorless liquid. Insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and oils.

Isobutyl phenoxyacetate has been used - and probably still finds some use - in Honey-bases for perfumery, the various"miel"types, etc.

Isobutyl phenoxyacetate is prepared from iso-Butanol by esterification with Phenoxyacetic acid preferably under azeotropic conditions.