2-Butanol

• Formula: C₄H₁₀O
• Molecular weight: 74.1216
• IUPAC Standard InChI: InChI=1S/C4H10O/c1-3-4(2)5/h4-5H,3H2,1-2H3 Copy

  
• IUPAC Standard InChIKey: BTANRVKWQNVYAZ-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copy
• CAS Registry Number: 78-92-2
• Chemical structure:
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• Species with the same structure:
  • 2-Butanol
• Stereoisomers:
  • 2-Butanol, (R)-
  • (S)-butan-2-ol
• Other names: sec-Butyl Alcohol; sec-Butanol; CCS 301; Ethyl methyl carbinol; Methyl ethyl carbinol; 1-Methyl-1-propanol; 1-Methylpropyl alcohol; 2-Hydroxybutane; sec-C4H9OH; Butane, 2-hydroxy-; Butanol-2; Butan-2-ol; 2-Butyl alcohol; s-Butyl alcohol; Butylene hydrate; DL-sec-Butanol; DL-2-Butanol; Alcool butylique secondaire; Butanol secondaire; s-Butanol; 1-Methyl propanol; n-Butan-2-ol; NSC 25499
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