Sweet-winey, brandy like, "fermented-fruit"-
like odor. Sweet and slightly fruity taste.
Colorless liquid. Insoluble in water; solu-
ble in alcohol and ether. Combustible.
ACETOACETIC ACID N-BUTYL ESTER can be used in various berry and fruit flavors,
particularly for hard candy, etc.
Concentrations are usually about 25 ppm
in the finished product.
By heating butyl acetate and sodium or potassium butylate; from ethyl acetoacetate and n-butyl alcohol; by reacting diketene
and butyl alcohol in the presence of acetic acid and pyridine.
ChEBI: Butyl acetoacetate is an oxo carboxylic acid.
Mddly toxic by
ingestion. A skin and eye irritant.