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butyl acetate
Sign in to saveAlso known as butyl ethanoate, 1-acetoxybutane, acetic acid, butyl ester, butyl ester of acetic acid, n-butyl ethanoate, acetic acid n-butyl ester, 1-butyl acetate, n-butyl acetate
chemical compound
Chemical data
- Formula
- C6H12O2
- Molecular weight
- 116.16 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- butyl acetate
- SMILES
- CCCCOC(=O)C
- InChIKey
- DKPFZGUDAPQIHT-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 1.8
- Polar surface area
- 26.3 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 2
- Formal charge
- 0
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Wikidata facts
- Has part
- hydrogen
- Mass
- 116.084
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- Commons category
- Butyl acetate
- ionization energy
- 10
- NIOSH Pocket Guide ID
- 0072
- found in taxon
- Malus domestica
- density
- 0.88
- immediately dangerous to life or health
- 8075
- melting point
- -78.0
- boiling point
- 126.1
- vapor pressure
- 10
- flash point
- 72
- solubility
- 1
- lower flammable limit
- 1.7
- upper flammable limit
- 7.6
- time-weighted average exposure limit
- 710
- short-term exposure limit
- 950
- chemical formula
- C₆H₁₂O₂
- canonical SMILES
- CCCCOC(=O)C
- smells of
- honey
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Encyclopedic overview
n-Butyl acetate is an organic compound with the formula CH3CO2(CH2)3CH3. A colorless, flammable liquid, it is the ester derived from n-butanol and acetic acid. It is found in many types of fruit, where it imparts characteristic flavors and has a sweet smell of banana or apple. It is used as an industrial solvent.
The other three isomers (four, including stereoisomers) of butyl acetate are isobutyl acetate, tert-butyl acetate, and sec-butyl acetate (two enantiomers).
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