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Glyceryl tributyrate

Synonym(s):

1,2,3-Tributyrylglycerol, Glycerol tributyrate, Tributyrin

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Linear Formula:
(CH3CH2CH2COOCH2)2CHOCOCH2CH2CH3
CAS Number:
60-01-5
Molecular Weight:
302.36
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1714746
EC Number:
200-451-5
MDL number:
MFCD00009392
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
PubChem Substance ID:
24847128

assay

98%

refractive index

n20/D 1.435 (lit.)

bp

129-131 °C/0.03 mmHg (lit.)
287-288 °C (lit.)

solubility

H2O: insoluble
alcohol: very soluble
diethyl ether: very soluble

density

1.032 g/mL at 20 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

CCCC(=O)OCC(COC(=O)CCC)OC(=O)CCC

InChI

1S/C15H26O6/c1-4-7-13(16)19-10-12(21-15(18)9-6-3)11-20-14(17)8-5-2/h12H,4-11H2,1-3H3

InChI key

UYXTWWCETRIEDR-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Application

Glyceryl tributyrate was used as a model substrate for screening the catalytic activity of Li doped CaO catalyst[1].
Glyceryl tributyrate was used as a solvent during the extraction of mianserin enantiomers[2].

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Storage Class

10 - Combustible liquids

wgk_germany

WGK 1

flash_point_f

345.2 °F - closed cup

flash_point_c

174 °C - closed cup

ppe

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Solveig Andersen et al.
Journal of chromatography. A, 963(1-2), 303-312 (2002-08-22)
A disposable device for liquid-phase microextraction (LPME) based on porous polypropylene hollow fibres has recently been introduced. In the present paper, LPME was combined with capillary electrophoresis (CE) and the combination was for the first time evaluated for chiral determination
Li?CaO catalysed tri-glyceride transesterification for biodiesel applications.
Watkins RS, et al.
Green Chemistry, 6(7), 335-340 (2004)
Alberto Villa et al.
ChemSusChem, 3(2), 241-245 (2009-11-13)
Nitrogen-functionalized carbon nanotubes were synthesized by grafting amino groups to the surface of the nanotubes. The nanotubes exhibited promising results in the base-catalyzed liquid phase transesterification of glyceryl tributyrate with methanol, which is a model reaction for the production of
Lu Han et al.
Journal of agricultural and food chemistry, 59(23), 12635-12642 (2011-11-16)
A kind of low-calorie structured lipid (LCSL) was obtained by interesterification of tributyrin (TB) and methyl stearate (St-ME), catalyzed by a commercially immobilized 1,3-specific lipase, Lipozyme RM IM from Rhizomucor miehei . The condition optimization of the process was conducted
Marco A R Vinolo et al.
The Journal of nutritional biochemistry, 22(9), 849-855 (2010-12-21)
Short chain fatty acids (SCFAs) are fermentation products of anaerobic bacteria. More than just being an important energy source for intestinal epithelial cells, these compounds are modulators of leukocyte function and potential targets for the development of new drugs. The
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