Amyl acetate
(def 1).
historical examples
the pear flavor, amyl acetate, is made from acetic acid and amyl alcohol—though amyl alcohol (fusel oil) has a detestable smell.
creative chemistry edwin e. slosson
noun
another name (no longer in technical usage) for pentyl acetate
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any of several univalent, isomeric groups having the formula c 5 h 11 –, whose derivatives are found in fusel oil, fruit extracts, etc.
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