Definitions
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- noun organic chemistry Any
salt orester ofisobutyric acid
Etymologies
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iso- + butyrate
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Examples
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"Crunchy green" has a fresh, watery green smell, a property of the molecule cis-3-Hexenyl isobutyrate.
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Parker may say that a wine has a nutty note or is oaky, but a lot of things can be behind that, and I don’t think he’s matching aspects of the flavor to a chemical compound and going, ‘O.K., this note here, it comes from methyl isobutyrate.’
“Hocus-pocus” – The Taste Makers in the NYer | Dr Vino's wine blog 2009
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Parker may say that a wine has a nutty note or is oaky, but a lot of things can be behind that, and I don’t think he’s matching aspects of the flavor to a chemical compound and going, ‘O.K., this note here, it comes from methyl isobutyrate.’
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