Hexyl formate has a fruity, apple-like or unripe-plum odor and a
corresponding sweet taste. May be synthesized by prolonged boiling of n-hexyl alcohol and formic acid, or by azeotropic distillation
of the alcohol and isopropyl formate.
Hexyl formate has a fruity, apple-like or unripe-plum odor; corresponding sweet taste.
Reported found in peach, grape, apple, strawberry, tea, plum, licorice, corn oil, wax gourd and black choke
cherry
By prolonged boiling of n-hexyl alcohol and formic acid, or by azeotropic distillation of the alcohol and isopropyl formate
ChEBI: Hexyl formate is a carboxylic ester.
