Methyl acetate yana da ƙanshi mai daɗi, ɗanɗano mai ɗanɗano da ɗanɗano mai ɗaci.Ana iya shirya shi ta hanyar tafasa acetic acid da methanol a gaban masu haɓaka acid;ko ta dumama methanol tare da wuce haddi carbon monoxide a karkashin matsa lamba a gaban mai kara kuzari (phosphoric acid, cobalt salts).
Methyl acetate yana faruwa ta dabi'a a cikin ƙananan ƙima a cikin Mint, naman gwari, inabi, ayaba, kofi (Furia da Bellanca, 1975) kuma wani yanki ne mai canzawa na nectarines (Takeoka et al., 1988).Hakanan yana nan a cikin wasu abubuwan shaye-shaye masu distilled (Shimoda et al., 1993).Ana samar da shi ta hanyar masana'antu ta hanyar carbonylation na methanol a matsayin samfurin samar da acetic acid ko ta hanyar esterification na acetic acid tare da methanol a gaban acid mai karfi kamar sulfuric acid.