Methyl acetate waxay leedahay ur wacan, ur miro leh iyo dhadhan qadhaadh. Waxaa lagu diyaarin karaa karkarinta acetic acid iyo methanol iyadoo ay joogaan kiciyayaal asiidh ah; ama kuleylinta methanol leh kaarboon monoksaydh oo xad dhaaf ah oo cadaadis saaran yahay joogitaanka kicinta (phosphoric acid, cobalt salts).
Methyl acetate waxay si dabiici ah ugu dhacdaa qadar yar oo reexaanta, fangaska, canabka, muuska, kafeega (Furia iyo Bellanca, 1975) waana qayb firfircoon oo nectarines ah (Takeoka et al., 1988). Waxa kale oo ay ku jirtaa qaar ka mid ah cabbitaannada khamriga la miiray (Shimoda et al., 1993). Waxaa lagu soo saaraa warshad ahaan iyada oo loo marayo carbonylation of methanol sida wax soo saarka acetic acid ama by esterification of acetic acid leh methanol joogitaanka acid xoog leh sida sulfuric acid.