Ethyl acetate

CAS 141-78-6

Ethyl acetate is the solvent behind coffee marketed as naturally decaffeinated: it occurs in fruit, so a decaffeination using it can be described that way, even though the solvent used industrially is normally synthesised.

Where it is and isn’t permitted

Status of Ethyl acetate by jurisdiction. Every jurisdiction this site covers is listed, including those where the substance does not appear.
JurisdictionStatusScope and limitsCitation
United StatesFood and Drug AdministrationPermitted, with conditions21 CFR 173.228retrieved 2026-09-07
Codex AlimentariusCodex Alimentarius Commission / JECFANot listedDoes not appear on this jurisdiction’s permitted list. That is not the same as being prohibited.

What it is made from

Produced by reacting ethanol with acetic acid. It occurs naturally in ripening fruit and in wine, which is the basis for the natural description.

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CAS registry number
141-78-6
InChIKey
XEKOWRVHYACXOJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N
PubChem
CID 8857

Every name it appears under

62 recorded names. A label may use any of them.

E number

  • E1504

CAS registry number

  • 141-78-6

As it appears in regulation

  • Ethyl acetate

Other names

  • 1-acetoxyethane
  • acet-ethylester
  • Acetate d'ethyle
  • Acetato de etilo
  • acetic acid ethyl
  • Acetic acid ethyl ester
  • Acetic ester
  • Acetic ether
  • acetic-acid-ethylester
  • Acetidin
  • Acetoxyethane
  • Acetyl ester
  • AcOEt
  • Aethylacetat
  • CAS-141-78-6
  • Caswell No. 429
  • CCRIS 6036
  • CH3COOC2H5
  • ehtyl acetate
  • ehyl acetate
  • EPA Pesticide Chemical Code 044003
  • Essigester
  • ethanol acetate
  • ethl acetate
  • ethly acetate
  • ethy acetate
  • Ethyl acetate
  • ETHYL ACETATE (1-13C)
  • ETHYL ACETATE (2-13C)
  • Ethyl acetate (natural)
  • Ethyl acetate (NF)
  • Ethyl acetate, ACS reagent
  • Ethyl acetate, ACS reagent, >=99.5%
  • Ethyl acetate; Ethyl ethanoate
  • Ethyl acetic ester
  • ethyl acteate
  • Ethyl ester of acetic acid
  • Ethyl ethanoate
  • ethyl-acetate
  • ethyl_acetate
  • ethylaceate
  • Ethylacetaat
  • Ethylacetat
  • Ethylacetate
  • ethylactate
  • ethylacteate
  • Ethylazetat
  • Ethyle (acetate d')
  • Ethylester kyseliny octove
  • Etile (acetato di)
  • EtOAc
  • Etylacetate
  • FEMA No. 2414
  • HSDB 83
  • Octan etylu
  • RCRA waste no. U112
  • RCRA waste number U112
  • Vinegar naphtha

Systematic names

  • ethyl acetate

Hazard reference values

Values set by assessing bodies. A body that has not set a value is not listed here.
TypeValuePopulationAssessed byOpinion
ADI25 mg/kg bw/dayconsumersEFSAnot identified in the dataset

Evidence and how bodies read it

Studies, and the differing conclusions regulators drew from them, are curated by hand rather than machine-read, and none has been written for this substance yet.

Sources for this page

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