OCTYL BUTYRATE

Octyl butyrate has a green, herbaceous odor remotely reminiscent of orange but more so of galbanum and parsley with a sweet, melon-like flavor. It may be synthesized from n-octanol and butyric acid in the presence of HCl.

Octyl butyrate has a green, herbaceous odor remotely reminiscent of orange, but more so of galbanum and parsley and a sweet, melon-like flavor.

Reported found in the essential oil of Heracelum villosum Fisch. and from the fruits of Pastinaca sativa. Also reported found in fresh apple, orange juice, melon, strawberry fruit, beer, purple passion fruit juice, purple passion fruit, yellow passion fruit, fresh plums, mountain papaya and okra.

From n-octanol and butyric acid in the presence of HCl.

ChEBI: Octyl butanoate is a carboxylic ester.

Detection: 8.2 ppm

Taste characteristics at 20 ppm: waxy, fruity and green with a sweet, creamy nuance.

Octyl butyrate is one of the major constituents of the essential oils of Heracleum sphondylium subsp. Ternatum. It occurs naturally in the mature fruit?of wild parsnip and muskmelon. Octyl butyrate is also a promising candidate as a lure for yellowjackets.