HEXYL FORMATE

Description

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.

Chemical properties

Colorless liquid

Chemical properties

Hexyl formate has a fruity, apple-like or unripe-plum odor; corresponding sweet taste.

Occurrence

Reported found in peach, grape, apple, strawberry, tea, plum, licorice, corn oil, wax gourd and black choke cherry

The Uses of HEXYL FORMATE

Hexyl formate is used mostly in flavor compositions. Jts application in perfumes - if any - is limited to traces in topnote compositions and in reconstructed essential oils (Geranium, Lavender, etc.). Hexyl formate is used quite widely in fruit flavors for imitation Apple, Cherry, Gooseberry, Umon, Orange, Pineapple, Plum, Strawberry, Raspbemy, etc. and in various fruit complexes, Tutti-frutti compositions, etc. The concentration used is normally about 10 to 50 ppm in the finished product.

Preparation

By prolonged boiling of n-hexyl alcohol and formic acid, or by azeotropic distillation of the alcohol and isopropyl formate

Definition

ChEBI: Hexyl formate is a carboxylic ester.