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Sigma-Aldrich

1-Butanethiol

≥98%

Synonym(s):

Butyl mercaptan, Mercaptan C4

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Linear Formula:
CH3(CH2)3SH
CAS Number:
109-79-5
Molecular Weight:
90.19
FEMA Number:
3478
Beilstein:
1730908
EC Number:
203-705-3
Council of Europe no.:
526
MDL number:
MFCD00004905
UNSPSC Code:
12164502
PubChem Substance ID:
24901726
Flavis number:
12.010
NACRES:
NA.21

biological source

synthetic

Quality Level

400

grade

Kosher

Agency

meets purity specifications of JECFA

vapor density

3.1 (vs air)

vapor pressure

83 mmHg ( 37.7 °C)

Assay

≥98%

refractive index

n20/D 1.443 (lit.)

bp

98 °C (lit.)

mp

−116 °C (lit.)

density

0.842 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

application(s)

flavors and fragrances

Documentation

see Safety & Documentation for available documents

food allergen

no known allergens

Organoleptic

sulfurous

SMILES string

CCCCS

InChI

1S/C4H10S/c1-2-3-4-5/h5H,2-4H2,1H3

InChI key

WQAQPCDUOCURKW-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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General description

1-Butanethiol is a volatile sulfur-containing odorous compound that is reported to occur in skunk oil.

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For R&D or non-EU Food use. Not for retail sale.

Pictograms

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GHS02,GHS07

Signal Word

Danger

Hazard Classifications

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

Target Organs

Respiratory system

Storage Class Code

3 - Flammable liquids

WGK

WGK 3

Flash Point(F)

53.6 °F - closed cup

Flash Point(C)

12 °C - closed cup

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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The history of skunk defensive secretion research.
Wood WF
The Chemical Educator, 4(2), 44-50 (1999)
Nicole W G Smits et al.
Inorganic chemistry, 58(19), 13007-13019 (2019-09-25)
The structure of the copper complex of the 6-((1-butanethiol)oxy)-tris(2-pyridylmethyl)amine ligand (Cu-tmpa-O(CH2)4SH) anchored to a gold surface has been investigated. To enable covalent attachment of the complex to the gold surface, a heteromolecular self-assembled monolayer (SAM) of butanethiol and a thiol-substituted
W C Thomas et al.
Fundamental and applied toxicology : official journal of the Society of Toxicology, 8(2), 170-178 (1987-02-01)
n-Butyl mercaptan (n-BM) is used as a solvent and a chemical intermediate. Pregnant Charles River CD-1 mice and COBS CD rats were randomly assigned to a control group and to three n-BM-exposed groups of 25 rats and 25 mice each.
Bob Muir et al.
Journal of chromatography. A, 1068(2), 315-326 (2005-04-16)
Thermal desorption with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (TD-GC-MS) remains the technique of choice for analysis of trace concentrations of analytes in air samples. This paper describes the development and application of a method for analysing the vesicant compounds sulfur mustard and
Huili Zhang et al.
Talanta, 82(2), 733-738 (2010-07-07)
This work proposed a gas sensor for the determination of tert-butyl mercaptan, one of the highly toxic volatile sulfur compounds, which was based on cataluminescence emission during its catalytic oxidation on the surface of nanosized V(2)O(5). The cataluminescence characteristics and
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