Ethyl p-anisate has a sweet, fruity, anise-like taste and similar odor.
Reported found in feijoa fruit, rum, white wine, plum (fresh), starfruit and guava.
By esterification of anisic acid with ethanol in the presence of an acid catalyst.
ChEBI: Ethyl p-anisate is a methoxybenzoic acid.
Taste characteristics at 30 ppm: anise, sweet, fruity, licorice, grape and cherry-like.
Moderately toxic by
ingestion. See also ESTERS. Combustible
liquid. When heated to decomposition it
emits acrid smoke and irritating fumes.