Pentyl Acetate (Amyl Acetate)
- ester
- CAS 628-63-7
- IUPAC: Pentyl acetate
Flammable liquid Cat 3 (H226) at pure concentration. At fragrance trace levels (<0.5%) in detailing products no GHS classification carries through to the mixture. Mild irritation at high doses.
Pentyl acetate (also called amyl acetate) is the ester used as a banana-scented fragrance ingredient and as a solvent in lacquers and inks. In detailing chemistry it appears only at trace fragrance levels — typically less than half a percent.
At trace fragrance concentrations the H226 flammability classification of the pure substance does not propagate to the mixture, and the ingredient does not push the product over a GHS reporting threshold for any health or environmental hazard.
Health & environment profile
- VOC
- yes
- Prop 65 listed
- no
- Asthmagen
- no
- EPA Safer Choice
- no
- Aquatic toxicity
- no
- Biodegradable
- yes
- Bioaccumulative
- no
- Persistent
- no
- Ozone depleting
- no
- Microplastic
- no
- PFAS
- no
- Env. score
- 5/5
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