Chemical Properties
n-Propyl hexanoate has an ether-like odor with a pineapple–blackberry undertone. It has a sweet, fruity flavor of blackberry
and plum.
Chemical Properties
Colorless liquid
Uses
n-Propyl hexanoate is a solvent for polar compounds and a fragrance used to replicate fruit scents and as. It is mostly used in imitation Pineapple, Blackberry, Plum, Cherry, etc., in concentrations equivalent to about 2 to 10 ppm in the finished consumer product.
Preparation
By esterification of hexanoic acid with propyl alcohol in benzene solution in the presence of p-toluenesulfonic acid.
Definition
ChEBI: A hexanoate ester obtained by the formal condensation of the carboxy group of hexanoic acid (caproic acid) with propan-1-ol.
Taste threshold values
Taste characteristics at 50 ppm: pineapple, fruity, sweet, tropical, fresh green and juicy.
