Allyl butyrate

At a glance

A fruity ester with a sweet, sharp pineapple-like character, used as an inexpensive fruity top-note building block in tropical fruit accords. It is valued by perfumers for this distinctive character and used as a building block within larger fragrance compositions.

Category
⚗️ Synthetic
Origin
synthetic production
Extraction
Chemical synthesis
Chemical family
Ester
CAS number
2051-78-7
Profile
fruity, floral, slightly sweet
IFRA status
Not restricted
● drafted · last checked 2026-09-01