Chemical Properties
Ethyl 3-hexenoate has a green, fruity aroma.
Occurrence
Reported found in pineapple, melon, beer, passion fruit juice, quince, plumcot, prickly pear and kiwifruit.
Preparation
From3-hexenoic acid and dicyclohexylcarbodimide; by fungalfermentation (20°C) of 3-hexenoic acid using Saccharomyces
cerevisiae; from trialkylboranes and ethyl-4-bromocrotonate in the presence of 2,6-di-tert-butyl-phenoxide; by pyrolysis of acetates.
Definition
ChEBI: A fatty acid ethyl ester of 3-hexenoic acid.
Taste threshold values
Taste characteristics at 10 ppm: fruity, green, sweet and pineapple-like.
General Description
Ethyl
trans-3-hexenoate is an ester. It was evaluated as aroma volatile in the GC effluents of cashew apple water phase phase.