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34867

Sigma-Aldrich

1-Butanol

suitable for HPLC, ≥99.7%

Synonym(s):

n-Butanol, Butyl alcohol

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About This Item

Linear Formula:
CH3(CH2)3OH
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
74.12
Beilstein:
969148
EC Number:
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
41116105
PubChem Substance ID:
NACRES:
NA.21

vapor density

2.55 (vs air)

Quality Level

vapor pressure

5.5 mmHg

Assay

≥99.7%

form

liquid

autoignition temp.

649 °F

expl. lim.

11.2 %

technique(s)

HPLC: suitable
UV/Vis spectroscopy: suitable

impurities

≤0.001% non-volatile matter
≤0.002% free acid (as C3H7COOH)
≤0.1% water (Karl Fischer)

transmittance

210 nm, ≥20%
235 nm, ≥80%
280 nm, ≥98%

refractive index

n20/D 1.399 (lit.)

pH

7 (20 °C, 70 g/L)

bp

116-118 °C (lit.)

mp

−90 °C (lit.)

density

0.81 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

application(s)

food and beverages

SMILES string

CCCCO

InChI

1S/C4H10O/c1-2-3-4-5/h5H,2-4H2,1H3

InChI key

LRHPLDYGYMQRHN-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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General description

1-Butanol is a linear alcohol. Its biosynthesis from glucose using a bioengineered Escherichia coli strain has been reported. Its reaction with diisocyanates in the presence of triethylamine (catalyst) has been investigated by volumetric method. Kinetic studies suggest that the reaction proceeds via competitive consecutive second order. Its dehydration reaction has been employed as a standard reaction to evaluate the acidic and basic characteristics of various silica-aluminas.

Application

1-Butanol may be used for the solid acid (an acidic salt of H3PW12O40, Cs2.5H0.5PW12O40) catalyzed esterification of acrylic acid. It may be used as a cosolvent to investigate the enantioselective separation of racemic cyclohexyl methylphosphonofluoridate (cyclosarin, GF) by an chiral supercritical fluid chromatographic (SFC) technique.
Suitable for HPLC, spectrophotometry, environmental testing

Other Notes

Important notice
The article number 34867-4X2.5L will be discontinued. Please order the single bottle 34867-2.5L which is physically identical with the same exact specifications.

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Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Classifications

Acute Tox. 4 Oral - Eye Dam. 1 - Flam. Liq. 3 - Skin Irrit. 2 - STOT SE 3

Target Organs

Central nervous system, Respiratory system

Storage Class Code

3 - Flammable liquids

WGK

WGK 1

Flash Point(F)

95.0 °F - Pensky-Martens closed cup

Flash Point(C)

35 °C - Pensky-Martens closed cup


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Liquid phase esterification of acrylic acid with 1-butanol catalyzed by solid acid catalysts.
Chen X, et al.
Applied Catalysis A: General, 180(!), 261-269 (1999)
Acid-base properties of silica-aluminas: use of 1-butanol dehydration as a test reaction.
Berteau P, et al.
Applied Catalysis, 70(1), 307-323 (1991)
The kinetics of the triethylamine-catalyzed reaction of diisocyanates with 1-butanol in toluene.
Burkus J and Eckert CF.
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 80(22), 5948-5950 (1958)
Shane A Kasten et al.
Chirality, 26(12), 817-824 (2014-10-10)
Chemical warfare nerve agents (CWNAs) are extremely toxic organophosphorus compounds that contain a chiral phosphorus center. Undirected synthesis of G-type CWNAs produces stereoisomers of tabun, sarin, soman, and cyclosarin (GA, GB, GD, and GF, respectively). Analytical-scale methods were developed using
C R Shen et al.
Metabolic engineering, 10(6), 312-320 (2008-09-09)
Production of higher alcohols via the keto-acid intermediates found in microorganism's native amino-acid pathways has recently shown promising results. In this work, an Escherichia coli strain that produces 1-butanol and 1-propanol from glucose was constructed. The strain first converts glucose

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