Citronellyl butyrate has a strong, fruity and rose-like odor with sweet, plum-like taste.
Reported in Ceylon citronella oil, orange juice, tomato, passion fruit and juice.
ChEBI: Citronellyl butyrate is a carboxylic ester.
By direct esterification of citronellol with butyric acid under azeotropic conditions or by treatment with butyric anhydride (Gildemeister & Hoffman, 1966).
Taste characteristics at 30 ppm: fruity, sweet, waxy, green with perfume nuance
Flammability and Explosibility
Not classified
