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1,4-Butanediol

99%

Synonym(s):

1,4-Butylene glycol, Tetramethylene glycol

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Linear Formula:
HO(CH2)4OH
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
90.12
Beilstein:
1633445
MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352200
PubChem Substance ID:

vapor density

3.1 (vs air)

Assay

99%

form

liquid

autoignition temp.

698 °F

refractive index

n20/D 1.445 (lit.)

bp

230 °C (lit.)

mp

16 °C (lit.)

density

1.017 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

SMILES string

OCCCCO

InChI

1S/C4H10O2/c5-3-1-2-4-6/h5-6H,1-4H2

InChI key

WERYXYBDKMZEQL-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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Anders Hamberg et al.
Chemical communications (Cambridge, England), 48(80), 10013-10015 (2012-09-05)
The enzyme Candida antarctica lipase B was subjected to site directed mutagenesis suggested by molecular modelling. The selectivity for the enzyme increased towards a range of diols over their corresponding monoesters as an effect of the mutations.
Sandra Rinne Dahl et al.
Journal of chromatography. B, Analytical technologies in the biomedical and life sciences, 885-886, 37-42 (2012-01-10)
The demand of high throughput methods for the determination of gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB) and its precursors gamma-butyrolactone (GBL) and 1,4-butane-diol (1,4BD) as well as for pregabalin is increasing. Here we present two analytical methods using ultra-high pressure liquid chromatography (UPLC) and
Ari Karchin et al.
Acta biomaterialia, 7(9), 3277-3284 (2011-06-07)
Electrospinning from a melt, in contrast to from a solution, is an attractive tissue engineering scaffold manufacturing process as it allows for the formation of small diameter fibers while eliminating potentially cytotoxic solvents. Despite this, there is a dearth of
Harry Yim et al.
Nature chemical biology, 7(7), 445-452 (2011-05-24)
1,4-Butanediol (BDO) is an important commodity chemical used to manufacture over 2.5 million tons annually of valuable polymers, and it is currently produced exclusively through feedstocks derived from oil and natural gas. Herein we report what are to our knowledge
An-Ping Zeng et al.
Current opinion in biotechnology, 22(6), 749-757 (2011-06-08)
Diols are chemicals with two hydroxyl groups which have a wide range of appealing applications as chemicals and fuels. In particular, four diol compounds, namely 1,3-propanediol (1,3-PDO), 1,2-propanediol (1,2-PDO), 2,3-butanediol (2,3-BDO) and 1,4-butanediol (1,4-BDO) can be biotechnologically produced by direct

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