5-Hydroxy-4-octanone

5-Hydroxy-4-octanone has a sweet, slightly pungent, buttery, nutlike odor and a sweet, buttery, oily taste. May be prepared by reacting sodium metal with ethyl butyrate in boiling ether or in the same fashion starting from methyl butyrate.

5-Hydroxy-4-octanone has a sweet, lightly pungent, butternut-like odor and a sweet, butter, oily taste

Reported found in cocoa

By reacting sodium metal with ethyl butyrate in boiling ether or in the same fashion starting from methyl butyrate.

ChEBI: 5-Hydroxy-4-octanone is a monosaccharide.