FB2026_01 , released March 12, 2026
FB2026_01 , released March 12, 2026
Chemical: ethyl acetate
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General Information
Name
ethyl acetate
FlyBase ID
FBch0000351
ChEBI Name
ethyl acetate
ChEBI ID
CHEBI:27750
PubChem Name
Ethyl Acetate
PubChem ID
CID:8857
Chemical Structure
Chemical structure of ethyl acetate
ethyl acetate
InChIKey

XEKOWRVHYACXOJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Definition (ChEBI)

ChEBI: Ethyl acetate is the acetate ester formed between acetic acid and ethanol. It has a role as a polar aprotic solvent, an EC 3.4.19.3 (pyroglutamyl-peptidase I) inhibitor, a metabolite and a Saccharomyces cerevisiae metabolite. It is an acetate ester, an ethyl ester and a volatile organic compound.

Roles Classification (ChEBI)
Comment
Synonyms and Secondary IDs (34)
Synonyms
1-acetoxyethane
(ChEBI, 2019-)
141-78-6
(PubChem, 2019-)
AcOEt
(ChEBI, 2019-)
Acetic acid ethyl ester
(PubChem, 2019-)
Acetic acid, ethyl ester
(PubChem, 2019-)
Acetic ether
(PubChem, 2019-)
Acetidin
(PubChem, 2019-)
Acetoxyethane
(PubChem, 2019-)
Acetyl ester
(ChEBI, 2019-)
CH3-CO-O-CH3
(ChEBI, 2019-)
ETHYL ACETATE
(ChEBI, 2019-, PubChem, 2019-)
Essigester
(ChEBI, 2019-)
Essigsaeureethylester
(ChEBI, 2019-)
EtOAc
(ChEBI, 2019-)
Ethyl Acetate
(Suzuki et al., 2020)
Ethyl acetate
(Ahmed et al., 2023, Pettersson and Cattaneo, 2023, ChEBI, 2019-, Getahun et al., 2013)
Ethyl acetic ester
(PubChem, 2019-)
Ethyl ethanoate
(PubChem, 2019-)
Ethylacetat
(ChEBI, 2019-)
Ethylazetat
(ChEBI, 2019-)
PubChem:8857
(PubChem, 2019-)
Vinegar naphtha
(PubChem, 2019-)
acetic acid ethyl ester
(ChEBI, 2019-, PubChem, 2019-)
acetic acid, ethyl ester
(ChEBI, 2019-, PubChem, 2019-)
acetic ester
(ChEBI, 2019-)
acetic ether
(PubChem, 2019-)
acetidin
(PubChem, 2019-)
acetoxyethane
(ChEBI, 2019-, PubChem, 2019-)
ethyl acetate
(Fan et al., 2025, Wei et al., 2025, Dzialo et al., 2024, Perry et al., 2024, Ali et al., 2023, Calvin-Cejudo et al., 2023, Kato et al., 2023, Ramiaranjatovo et al., 2023, Zocchi et al., 2022, Slankster et al., 2020, ChEBI, 2019-, PubChem, 2019-, Dolan et al., 2018, Jung et al., 2018, Giang et al., 2017, Guo et al., 2017, Seki et al., 2017, Badel et al., 2016, Getahun et al., 2016, Larter et al., 2016, Albin et al., 2015, Mansourian and Stensmyr, 2015, Getahun et al., 2013, Shuai et al., 2010)
ethyl acetic ester
(ChEBI, 2019-, PubChem, 2019-)
ethyl ethanoate
(ChEBI, 2019-, PubChem, 2019-)
ethyl-acetate
(Tolassy et al., 2023)
pubchem:8857
(PubChem, 2019-)
vinegar naphtha
(ChEBI, 2019-, PubChem, 2019-)
Secondary FlyBase IDs
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