Chemical Property of Ethyl butyrate
Chemical Property:
- Appearance/Colour:colourless liquid
- Vapor Pressure:15.5 mm Hg ( 25 °C)
- Melting Point:-93.3 °C
- Refractive Index:n20/D 1.392(lit.)
- Boiling Point:122.436 °C at 760 mmHg
- Flash Point:19.444 °C
- PSA：26.30000
- Density:0.87 g/cm3
- LogP:1.34960
- Storage Temp.:Flammables area
- Solubility.:Soluble in propylene glycol, paraffin oil, and kerosene.
- Water Solubility.:practically insoluble
- XLogP3:1.3
- Hydrogen Bond Donor Count:0
- Hydrogen Bond Acceptor Count:2
- Rotatable Bond Count:4
- Exact Mass:116.083729621
- Heavy Atom Count:8
- Complexity:68.9
- Transport DOT Label:Flammable Liquid
- Purity/Quality:
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99% *data from raw suppliers
Ethyl butyrate
*data from reagent suppliers
Safty Information:
- Pictogram(s):
Xi
- Hazard Codes:Xi
- Statements:
10-36/37/38
- Safety Statements:
16-26-36
- MSDS Files:
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SDS file from LookChem
Useful:
- Chemical Classes:Solvents -> Esters (
- Canonical SMILES:CCCC(=O)OCC
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Description
Ethyl butyrate is an ester soluble in propylene glycol, paraffin oil, and kerosene. It has a fruity odor, similar to pineapple. Ethyl butyrate is present in many fruits e.g. apple, apricot, banana, plum, tangerine etc.
Ethyl butyrate is used as an artificial flavoring resembling orange juice or pineapple in alcoholic beverages, as an ingredient of fragrance, and as a solvent and plasticizer for cellulose. It is also used in the production of polyvinyl butyral (PVB). Ethyl butyrate, also known as ethyl butanoate, or butyric ether, is an ester with the chemical formula CH3CH2CH2COO.CH2CH3.It is soluble in propylene glycol, paraffin oil, and kerosene.It has a fruity odor, similar to pineapple.
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Uses
Ethyl Butyrate is used in flavorings, extracts, perfumery, and as a solvent. These are not necessarily FDA approved indications, but instead are uses of liquid nitrogen.It is synthesized by reacting ethanol and butyric acid in a condensation reaction.
Ethyl Butyrate is perceived as a tropical fruit, tutti fruity, mango or pineapple flavour. One of the ester flavours found in most beers, it can also be perceived as a slightly cheesy fruit flavour. Ethyl Butyrate generally occurs in beers due to fermentation and too much is normally considered an off flavour.
Applications: artificial flavoring resembling orange juice or pineapple in alcoholic beverages, as a solvent in perfumes, and as a plasticizer for cellulose. Ethyl butyrate is used in flavors and fragrances. It is used as a solvent in perfumery products, and as a plasticizer for cellulose. It is used in the preparation of novel 2-cyanopyrimidines as cathespin K inhibitors. It is also used in the synthesis of pyridobenzimidazole derivatives exhibiting antifungal activity by the inhibition of β-1,6-glucan. It is commonly used as artificial flavoring resembling orange juice or pineapple in alcoholic beverages (e.g. martinis, daiquiris etc.), as a solvent in perfumery products, and as a plasticizer for cellulose. In addition, ethyl butyrate is often also added to orange juice, as most associate its odor with that of fresh orange juice. Ethyl butyrate is one of the most common chemicals used in flavors and fragrances. It can be used in a variety of flavors: orange (most common), cherry, pineapple, mango, guava, bubblegum, peach, apricot, fig, and plum. In industrial use, it is also one of the cheapest chemicals, which only adds to its popularity. manufacture of artificial rum; perfumery; the alcoholic solution constitutes the so-called "pineapple oil".
