Methyl acetate

Methyl acetate is a clear, colorless, volatile liquid with a characteristic sweet, fruity odor. It is an organic ester with a boiling point of 57 °C and a melting point of −98 °C. As a low-toxicity, fast-evaporating solvent, it is widely employed in coatings, inks, adhesives, and cleaning formulations. It serves as a reactive intermediate in the production of acetic anhydride and methyl halides, and finds use in pharmaceutical synthesis and agrochemical manufacturing. Its favorable solvency power and biodegradability make it a common replacement for more hazardous solvents in industrial applications.

Methyl acetate is used as a solvent forlacquers, resins, oils, and nitrocellulose; inpaint removers; as a flavoring agent; and inthe manufacture of artificial leather.
Methyl acetate has a pleasant, fruity odor and slightly bitter flavor. May be prepared by boiling acetic acid and methanol in the presence of acid catalysts; or by heating methanol with an excess carbon monoxide under pressure in the presence of a catalyst (phosphoric acid, cobalt salts).Methyl acetate occurs naturally in low concentrations in mint, fungus,grapes, banana, coffee (Furia and Bellanca, 1975) and is a volatile constituent of nectarines (Takeoka et al., 1988). It is also present in some distilled alcoholic beverages (Shimoda et al., 1993). It is produced industrially via the carbonylation of methanol as a byproduct of acetic acid production or by esterification of acetic acid with methanol in the presence of strong acid such as sulfuric acid.

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