1.08 g/cm³ Click to see full answer Keeping this in view, what is methyl benzoate used for?Methyl benzoate has a pleasant smell, strongly reminiscent of the fruit of the feijoatree, and it is used in perfumery. It also finds use as a solvent and as a pesticide used to attract insects such as orchid bees.Also Know, what is the structure of methyl benzoate? C8H8O2 Herein, is methyl benzoate toxic? Methyl benzoate appears as a crystalline solid or a solid dissolved in a liquid. Denser than water. Contact may slightly irritate skin, eyes and mucous membranes. May be slightly toxic by ingestion.How we can convert methyl benzoate to benzoic acid?This is pretty easy. If you treat benzoic acid with sodium hydroxide to a neutral solution and isolate the resultant sodium benzoate, and follow that with methyl chloride, sodium chloride will form and you will have methyl benzoate as well.