Methyl Acetate yana da daɗi, ƙanshi mai ɗanɗano da ɗan ɗanɗano mai ɗanɗano dandano. Za a iya shirya ta tafasa tafasa a acetic acid da methanol a gaban castysts na acid; ko ta hanyar dumama methanol tare da wuce haddi carbon monoxide karkashin matsin lamba a gaban mai kara mai kara (phosphoric salts).
Nuna yalwata a zahiri a cikin ƙananan taro a Mint, naman gwari, inabi, kopan, koguna (Takashi et Al., 1988). Hakanan yana nan a wasu abubuwan giya na distilled (Shayida et al., 1993). Ana samar da shi ta hanyar masana'antu ta hanyar carbonyation na methanol a matsayin ta hanyar samar da kayan acetic ko ta hanyar hade da acid acid tare da metanol a gaban m acid.