SHEET /m/isoamyl-acetate · PubChem CID 31276 · CAS 123-92-2 · REV 2026.07
Isoamyl acetate
from sourceC7H14O2 · 130.18 g/mol
isopentyl acetate · isopentyl ethanoate · banana oil · amylacetic ester
What is Isoamyl acetate?
The smell of banana and pear drops, and the alarm pheromone honeybees release when they sting. Isoamyl acetate (C7H14O2, 130 g/mol) is an ester found in everyday food and flavor. Found in beer. from source
Fig. 1 · 2D structure RDKit
CC(C)CCOC(=O)CWhere you'll find it
Curated by MoleculeFinder from source
The dose makes the poison inferred
A reported rabbit oral LD50 for Isoamyl acetate is 7,422 mg/kg, the dose lethal to half the animals tested. Scaled by body mass alone:
“The dose makes the poison” is a cross-species estimate shown as neutral science, not a threshold anyone should act on. Real toxicity depends on the person, not body mass alone.
Toxicity & hazards
Toxicity · LD50
7,422 mg/kg · very low toxicity · LD50 rabbit oral from source
The dose lens above scales this to a body weight.
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