Butanol

butan-1-ol

71-36-3 C4H10O

Properties

Butanol molecular structure
CAS Number
71-36-3
Formula
C4H10O
Molecular Weight
74.12 g/mol
IUPAC Name
butan-1-ol
InChI Key
LRHPLDYGYMQRHN-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Also Known As

1-butanol n-butanol Butyl alcohol n-butyl alcohol Propylcarbinol 1-hydroxybutane Butyl hydroxide Methylolpropane Propylmethanol Butyric alcohol

Description

Butan-1-ol is a primary alcohol that is butane in which a hydrogen of one of the methyl groups is substituted by a hydroxy group. It it produced in small amounts in humans by the gut microbes. It has a role as a protic solvent, a mouse metabolite and a human metabolite. It is a primary alcohol, a short-chain primary fatty alcohol and an alkyl alcohol.

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