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E15701

Ethyl butyrate

99%

Synonym(s):

Ethyl butanoate, Butyric acid ethyl ester

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Linear Formula:
CH3CH2CH2C(O)OC2H5
CAS Number:
105-54-4
Molecular Weight:
116.16
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
NACRES:
NA.22
PubChem Substance ID:
24894421
EC Number:
203-306-4
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
506331
MDL number:
MFCD00009394

Product Name

Ethyl butyrate, 99%

InChI key

OBNCKNCVKJNDBV-UHFFFAOYSA-N

InChI

1S/C6H12O2/c1-3-5-6(7)8-4-2/h3-5H2,1-2H3

SMILES string

CCCC(=O)OCC

vapor density

4 (vs air)

vapor pressure

15.5 mmHg ( 25 °C)

assay

99%

form

liquid

autoignition temp.

865 °F

refractive index

n20/D 1.392 (lit.)

bp

120 °C (lit.)

mp

−93 °C (lit.)

density

0.875 g/mL at 25 °C (lit.)

Quality Level

100

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Application

Ethyl butyrate is a short-chain, fruit-flavored ester mainly generally used in food and pharmaceutical products.

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GHS02

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Warning

hcodes

H226

Hazard Classifications

Flam. Liq. 3

Storage Class

3 - Flammable liquids

wgk

WGK 1

flash_point_f

78.8 °F - closed cup

flash_point_c

26 °C - closed cup

ppe

Eyeshields, Faceshields, Gloves, type ABEK (EN14387) respirator filter

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Short-chain flavour ester synthesis by immobilized lipase in organic media.
Manjon A, et al.
Biotechnology Letters, 13(5), 339-344 (1991)
Esterification activity and operational stability of Candida rugosa lipase immobilized in polyurethane foams in the production of ethyl butyrate.
Pires-Cabral P, et al.
Biochemical Engineering Journal, 48(2), 246-252 (2010)
Suhyoung Bahk et al.
BMC biology, 14(1), 83-83 (2016-10-01)
Like most animals, insects rely on their olfactory systems for finding food and mates and in avoiding noxious chemicals and predators. Most insect olfactory neurons express an odorant-specific odorant receptor (OR) along with Orco, the olfactory co-receptor. Orco binds ORs
Montserrat Mestres et al.
Journal of agricultural and food chemistry, 54(5), 1814-1821 (2006-03-02)
The influence of gel texture on parameters such as positioning of food material in the oral cavity during mastication, and salivation, and their influence on aroma release in vivo was studied. Retronasal perception was followed by means of time-resolved sensory
Geraldine Savary et al.
Journal of agricultural and food chemistry, 54(3), 665-671 (2006-02-02)
Diffusion-ordered spectroscopy (DOSY)-pulsed field gradient (PGF) nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy was used to measure self-diffusion coefficients of aroma molecules in model fruit preparations. The impact of the sucrose content on aroma diffusion was specifically investigated, and the relationship with
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Enzymatic Assay of Esterase

Objective: To standardize a procedure for the enzymatic determination of Esterase activity using Ethyl Butyrate as a substrate.

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