Prenyl acetate

Colorless liquid; natural green apple, banana aroma.

Colorless to pale yellow liquid

Reported found in ylang ylang oil (0.33%), ylang ylang oil I, Cananga odorata Hook.f. and Thomas. (0.89%), ylang ylang oil II, Cananga odorata Hook. f. and Thomas. (0.08%), ylang ylang oil III (0.02%)

Prenyl Acetate is a volatile constituent found in blue-colored hybrid tea rose flowers.

ChEBI: Isopentenyl acetate is a carboxylic ester.

Medium strength odor, fruity type; recommend smelling in a 1% solution or less.

Sweet banana, fruity, ripe, floral, green at 30 ppm in water.

Synthetic Communications, 25, p. 2253, 1995 DOI: 10.1080/00397919508011780
Tetrahedron Letters, 25, p. 541, 1984 DOI: 10.1016/S0040-4039(00)99932-5

Flammable

Mildly toxic by ingestion. A skin irritant. When heated to decomposition it emits acrid smoke and irritating fumes.