Methyl acetate ifite impumuro nziza, yimbuto nuburyohe bukaze. Birashobora gutegurwa no guteka acide acetike na methanol imbere ya catisale ya aside; cyangwa mugushyushya methanol hamwe na monoxyde de carbone irenze mukibazo imbere ya catalizator (acide fosifori, umunyu wa cobalt).
Methyl acetate iboneka mubisanzwe mubushuhe buke muri mint, fungus, inzabibu, igitoki, ikawa (Furia na Bellanca, 1975) kandi nikintu gihindagurika kigizwe na nectarine (Takeoka et al., 1988). Iraboneka kandi mubinyobwa bisindisha (Shimoda et al., 1993). Ihingurwa mu nganda binyuze muri karuboni ya methanol nk'umusaruro ukomoka kuri acide acike cyangwa na esterifike ya acide acetike hamwe na methanol imbere ya aside ikomeye nka acide sulfurike.