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wat is the smell of 2 -butyl ethanoate?

chemicalyunskilled - 27-10-2005 at 20:11

in my studies i ave smelled it as alcohol any other views?

sparkgap - 28-10-2005 at 02:34

http://antoine.frostburg.edu/chem/senese/101/organic/faq/but...

:)

I have yet to eat pears so I can't comment...

Really, this could've been Google'd.

sparky (~_~)

ordenblitz - 28-10-2005 at 07:58

In my opinion, butyl acetate is one of the more pleasant solvents to work with. It has a heavy, sweet smell similar to banana. Most people who have come near me while using it, say definitely banana.