Methyl acetate ni o ni kan dídùn, fruity wònyí ati die-die kikorò adun. O le wa ni pese sile nipa farabale acetic acid ati kẹmika, niwaju acid catalysts; tabi nipa alapapo methanol pẹlu apọju erogba monoxide labẹ titẹ ni iwaju ayase (phosphoric acid, cobalt iyọ).
Methyl acetate waye nipa ti ara ni awọn ifọkansi kekere ni Mint, fungus, àjàrà, ogede, kofi (Furia ati Bellanca, 1975) ati pe o jẹ ẹya iyipada ti nectarines (Takeoka et al., 1988). O tun wa ni diẹ ninu awọn ohun mimu ọti-lile (Shimoda et al., 1993). O jẹ iṣelọpọ ni ile-iṣẹ nipasẹ carbonylation ti kẹmika bi iṣelọpọ ti iṣelọpọ acetic acid tabi nipasẹ esterification ti acetic acid pẹlu kẹmika kẹmika ni iwaju acid ti o lagbara bii sulfuric acid.