Ethyl formate was also discovered, which is a major precursor to amino acids.
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Ethyl formate has the characteristic smell of rum and is also partially responsible for the flavor of raspberries.
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Many species of molecule, including aminoacetonitrile ( a molecule related to glycine ), ethyl formate, and butyronitrile,
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"' Ethyl formate "'is an ester formed when ethanol ( an alcohol ) reacts with formic acid ( a carboxylic acid ).
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For esters such as ethyl acetate ( CH 3 COOCH 2 CH 3 ), ethyl formate ( HCOOCH 2 CH 3 ) or dimethyl phthalate that are based on common acids, IUPAC recommends use of these established names, called retained names.
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An important product of the Fischer-Fink synthesis was ethyl 4, 5-dimethylpyrrole-2-carboxylate, made from ethyl 2-oximinoacetoacetate and 2-methyl-3-oxobutanal, in turn made by the Claisen condensation of 2-butanone with ethyl formate.
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This method is based on electrophilic halogenation of 3, 4-dimethoxybenzaldehyde "'1 "'( accessible from isovanillin ) with bromine / acetic acid to organobromide "'2 "'followed by regioselective formylated with ethyl formate and formic acid in dioxane in the next step to compound "'6 " '.