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ethyl 3-hexenoate

fruity oxygenated compound

Found in 8 ingredients across the CompKitchen flavor graph.

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2D Lewis structure of ethyl 3-hexenoate
2D Lewis Structure
Formula
C8H14O2
Molecular weight
142.20 g/mol
PubChem CID
5362622 — full record on PubChem

Properties

Odor description
Sharp, acidic fruity green
Odor threshold
289.75 ppb
Volatility
high
CAS number
2396-83-0
Retention index
1010
Regulatory · United States

FEMA GRAS — Generally Recognized As Safe for flavoring use

✓ Exact match
FEMA number
3342
GRAS publication
GRAS 6
FEMA primary name
ETHYL 3-HEXENOATE

Use-level matrix not extracted for this substance — check the source publication for current ppm guidance.

Source: FEMA GRAS publications 1-33.

How this molecule is described

Sources disagree about odour more often than they disagree about chemistry. Rather than show one answer, here is every description on file with how many ingredient records carry it.

Descriptions on file

Ordered by how many independent descriptor streams give each wording, then by how often it appears. The bar is still replication — one source copied onto many ingredients scores high there — so the two can disagree.

Sharp, acidic fruity green shown above FlavorDB 2.0
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fruity pineapple green tart candy metallic tropical rhubarb weedy cheesy Flavordb Odor Column
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Bars are the share of ingredient records carrying each description. High agreement means the sources replicate each other — not necessarily that they are right.

Found in

Measured impact first, then profile share

Every ingredient known to contain ethyl 3-hexenoate. Ingredients with a measured concentration come first, ranked by odour activity; the rest follow by how large a share of that ingredient's profile this molecule is. The figure beside each is how many different compounds that ingredient has in total — not the concentration of ethyl 3-hexenoate in it.

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