Ethyl Butyrate is also known as ethyl butanoate which belongs to the ester functional group.
Explanation:
- It has the smell of fruits similar to pineapple and occurs naturally in many fruits at a lower concentration.
- It is colorless and density is 0879 g/[tex]cm^{3}[/tex] and also soluble in water and less dense than water. Used as an artificial flavoring agent for orange.
- It is formed by the reaction of ethanol with the fatty acids. It is a volatile ethyl ester found in the alcoholic beverages and produced during fermentation by yeast.
