Ethyl acetate is also known as ethyl acetate. It has low toxicity, sweet taste, irritating smell at high concentration, and is volatile. It is a widely used fine chemical product. It has excellent solubility, quick-drying, and is widely used. It is an important organic chemical raw material and industrial solvent.
Ethyl acetate is sensitive to air and absorbs water slowly to hydrolyze and become acidic. Ethyl acetate is slightly soluble in water; it is miscible with chloroform, ethanol, acetone and ether; it can dissolve certain metal salts (such as lithium chloride, cobalt chloride, zinc chloride, ferric chloride, etc.).