Acetic acid, butyl ester

• Formula: C₆H₁₂O₂
• Molecular weight: 116.1583
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C6H12O2/c1-3-4-5-8-6(2)7/h3-5H2,1-2H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: DKPFZGUDAPQIHT-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 123-86-4
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• Isotopologues:
  • butyl-d3 acetate
• Other names: n-Butyl acetate; Butyl acetate; Butyl ethanoate; 1-Butyl acetate; CH3COO(CH2)3CH3; Acetic acid n-butyl ester; n-Butyl ethanoate; Acetate de butyle; Butile(acetati di); Butylacetat; Butylacetaten; Butyle (acetate de); Butylester kyseliny octove; Butyl ester of acetic acid; 1-Acetoxybutane; 1-Butanol, acetate; Butyl ester, acetic acid; NSC 9298; Butile; Butyle; UN 1123
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References

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Tret'yakov, 2008
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Isidorov, Krajewska, et al., 2001
Isidorov, V.A.; Krajewska, U.; Dubis, E.N.; Jdanova, M.A., Partition coefficients of alkyl aromatic hydrocarbons and esters in a hexane-acetonitrile system, J. Chromatogr. A, 2001, 923, 1-2, 127-136, https://doi.org/10.1016/S0021-9673(01)00929-3 . [all data]

Bauchot, Mottram, et al., 1998
Bauchot, A.D.; Mottram, D.S.; Dodson, A.T.; John, P., Effect of aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid oxidase antisense gene on the formation of volatile esters in cantaloupe charentais melon (Cv. Védrandais), J. Agric. Food Chem., 1998, 46, 11, 4787-4792, https://doi.org/10.1021/jf980692z . [all data]

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