Allyl octanoate has a fruity odor and oily-winy undernote. It has a pineapple, banana, fatty, fruity taste
Allyl Caprylate is a synthetic flavoring agent that is a colorless to light yellow liquid and has a fruity odor. It is alkali and mineral acid unstable and should be stored in glass, tin, or resin-lined containers. It is used to give flavors a fruity note and has application in dessert gels, puddings, beverages, and candy at 3–25 ppm.
By esterification of caprylic acid with allyl alcohol in benzene in the presence of naphthalene-β-sulfonic acid.
ChEBI: 2-Propenyl octanoate is a fatty acid ester.
Taste characteristics at 10 ppm: fatty, fruity, pineapple tropical-like
Moderately toxic by ingestion. A skin irritant. See also ALLYL COMPOUNDS and ESTERS. When heated to decomposition it emits acrid smoke and irritating fumes.
