Isobutyl acetate has typical properties of esters, including hydrolysis, alcoholysis, ammonolysis; addition with Grignard reagents and hydrocarbyllithiums, catalytic hydrogenation and reduction with lithium aluminum hydride; itself or with The other esters undergo Claisen condensation. Isobutyl acetate can be qualitatively detected with hydroxylamine hydrochloride (NH2OH·HCl) and ferric chloride (FeCl3). Other esters, acid halides, and anhydrides can affect the test.