1-Butanol, 2-methyl-

• Formula: C₅H₁₂O
• Molecular weight: 88.1482
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C5H12O/c1-3-5(2)4-6/h5-6H,3-4H2,1-2H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: QPRQEDXDYOZYLA-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 137-32-6
• Chemical structure:
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• Species with the same structure:
  • 2-Methyl-1-butanol
• Isotopologues:
  • 2-methylbutanol-d-3
  • 2-methylbutanol-d-9
• Stereoisomers:
  • 1-Butanol, 2-methyl-, (S)-
• Other names: sec-Butylcarbinol; Active amyl alcohol; Active primary amyl alcohol; Primary active amyl alcohol; 2-Methyl-n-butanol; 2-Methyl-1-butanol; 2-Methylbutyl alcohol; CH3CH2CH(CH3)CH2OH; dl-2-Methyl-1-butanol; 2-Methyl butanol-1; 2-Methylbutanol; dl-sec-Butyl carbinol; Butanol, 2-methyl-; 2-Methyl-butan-1-ol; 3-Methyl iso-butanol; Methyl-2-butan-1-ol; NSC 8431; 34713-94-5; 2-methyl-1-butanol (active amyl alcohol)
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