Ethyl acetate, also known as ethyl acetate, is an organic compound with the chemical formula C4H8O2. It is an ester with functional group COOR (double bond between carbon and oxygen). It can undergo common reactions of alcoholysis, ammonolysis, transesterification, reduction and other common esters, and is mainly used as solvent, food flavor, cleaning and degreasing agent.
Purpose:
GB 2760-1996 specifies that it is allowed to use. It can be used in a small amount as the first fragrance of essence such as magnolia, ylang ylang ylang, sweet scented osmanthus, rabbit ear flower, floral water and fruity type to enhance the fresh fruit fragrance, especially in perfume essence, with mellow effect. Suitable for cherry, peach, apricot, grape, strawberry, raspberry, banana, raw pear, pineapple, lemon, melon and other edible essence. Wine essence such as brandy, whisky, rum, yellow rice wine, Baijiu, etc. are also used.
Ethyl acetate is one of the most widely used fatty acid esters. It is a fast drying solvent with excellent solubility. It is an excellent industrial solvent and can also be used as eluent for column chromatography. It can be used for nitric acid fiber, ethyl fiber, chlorinated rubber and ethylene resin, cellulose acetate ester, cellulose butyl acetate and synthetic rubber, as well as liquid nitrocellulose ink for copiers. It can be used as the solvent of adhesive and thinner of spray paint. Ethyl acetate is an efficient solvent for many kinds of resins, which is widely used in the production of printing ink and artificial leather. It is used as analytical reagent, chromatographic standard material and solvent.