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1-Butanol

ACS reagent, ≥99.4%

Synonym(s):

n-Butanol, Butyl alcohol

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Linear Formula:
CH3(CH2)3OH
CAS Number:
71-36-3
Molecular Weight:
74.12
Beilstein:
969148
EC Number:
200-751-6
MDL number:
MFCD00002964
UNSPSC Code:
12352001
PubChem Substance ID:
329755258
NACRES:
NA.21

grade

ACS reagent

Quality Level

200

vapor density

2.55 (vs air)

vapor pressure

5.5 mmHg

Assay

≥99.4%

form

liquid

autoignition temp.

649 °F

expl. lim.

11.2 %

impurities

≤0.0008 meq/g Titr. acid
≤0.01% butyraldehyde
≤0.1% water
≤0.2% butyl ether

evapn. residue

≤0.005%

color

APHA: ≤10

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.)

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 the primary alcohol that can be used as a carrier liquid for the extraction of synthetic resins, natural resins, paints, essential oils, gums, coatings, dyes, camphor, and alkaloids. It can be used as an extracting solvent for hormones, vitamins, and antibiotics. In the production of paint removers and industrial cleaners 1-butanol is being used. It is also used in the manufacture of rubber products, plastics, coating solvents, and dibutyl phthalate.

Application

1-Butanol can be used:
  • As a solvent along with the water in the delignification of sugar cane bagasse.
  • As a both reagent and reaction medium in the synthesis of zinc oxide nanoparticles from zinc acetylacetonate hydrate as precursor.
  • As an additive in the diesel-biodiesel-butanol tertiary blend which leads to fuel sustainability.
  • As a reactant in the enzyme catalyzed esterification reaction of oleic acid to butyl oleate.

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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

Regulatory Listings

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FSL

Group 4: Flammable liquids
Type 2 petroleums
Hazardous rank III
Water insoluble liquid

ISHL Indicated Name

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ISHL Notified Names

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JAN Code

360465-4X2L:4548173261881
360465-18L-CS:
360465-4X4L:4548173139388
360465-VAR:
360465-1L:4548173139357
360465-2.5L:
360465-4L:
360465-18L:4548173261874
360465-2L:4548173139371
360465-500ML:4548173139395
360465-BULK:
360465-20L:4548173139364
360465-6X500ML:4548173261904
360465-4X2.5L:

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Burkus J and Eckert CF.
Journal of the American Chemical Society, 80(22), 5948-5950 (1958)
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)
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
Prasenjit Seal et al.
The journal of physical chemistry. A, 117(2), 275-282 (2012-12-19)
In the present work, we study the H atom abstraction reactions by hydroxyl radical at all five sites of 1-butanol. Multistructural variational transition state theory (MS-VTST) was employed to estimate the five thermal rate constants. MS-VTST utilizes a multifaceted dividing
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