Description
Hexyl 2-furoate is fatty, green, wine-like, and musty.
Chemical Properties
Hexyl 2-furoate has a peculiar, fruity, earthy, yet sweet and pear-like odor.
Uses
Sweet, herbaceous-fruity, Mushroom-like flavor in extreme dilution. Hexyl 2-furoate is exclusively used in flavor compositions, not in perfumery. It is added in mere traces to imitation Coffee, Maple, Mushroom and various Nutflavor compositions to introduce the sweet-earthy, yet fruity freshness that characterizes the natural products.
Production Methods
Hexyl 2-furoate is produced by direct esterification of n-Hexanol with 2-Furoic acid under azeotropic conditions.
Definition
ChEBI: Hexyl 2-furoate is a carboxylic ester. It is functionally related to a 2-furoic acid.
Taste threshold values
Taste characteristics at 20 ppm: green, waxy with fruity pear and apple notes.
