Chemical Properties
Rhodinyl isobutyrate has a fruity, sweet, floral odor with a fruity, floral, pineapple-like flavor, intensely sweet.
Occurrence
Has apparently not been reported to occur in nature.
Preparation
From rhodinol and isobutyric anhydride.
Definition
ChEBI: Rhodinyl isobutyrate is a carboxylic ester.
Metabolism
Open-chain olefinic terpene esters are presumably hydrolysed to the alcohol and the acid (Fassett, 1963). In the rabbit, the open-chain terpenes undergo ω-oxidation (Williams, 1959).