A four carbon linear hydrocarbon that has a hydroxy group at position 1.
Flammable
Corrosive
Irritant
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A four carbon linear hydrocarbon that has a hydroxy group at position 1.
| Physical Description | N-butyl alcohol is a colorless liquid. Used in organic chemical synthesis, plasticizers, detergents, etc. |
| Color/Form | Colorless liquid |
| Odor | HARSH FUSEL ODOR WITH BANANA |
| Melting Point | -129 °F (USCG, 1999) |
| Boiling Point | 243.9 °F at 760 mmHg (USCG, 1999) |
| Flash Point | 84 °F (USCG, 1999) |
| Density | 0.81 at 68 °F (USCG, 1999) - Less dense than water; will float |
| Solubility | 9 % (NIOSH, 2024) |
| Vapor Pressure | 15.51 mmHg (USCG, 1999) |
| Refractive Index | Index of refraction: 1.3993 at 20 °C/D |
| IUPAC Name | butan-1-ol |
| Molecular Formula | C4H10O |
| Molecular Weight | 74.12 g/mol |
| CAS | 71-36-3 |
| SMILES | CCCCO |
| InChIKey | LRHPLDYGYMQRHN-UHFFFAOYSA-N |
| Catalog No | KC.1410008 |
| Pack sizes | 2.5ML · 500ML |
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