n-Butyl alcohol
- Benchmark: Benchmark 2
- Assessed: 2014-03-16
- Expires: 2028-06-02
Used primarily in Cosmetics & Personal Care, Food Contact & Additives, Industrial / Manufacturing, Pharmaceuticals, Solvents & Cleaning, and Textile Applications applications, n-Butyl alcohol is specifically used in chemical intermediate, cosmetics, denaturant, flavoring agent, food additive, food industry, fragrance, paints and lacquers, pharmaceutical, solvent, and textile applications.
n-Butyl alcohol (IUPAC name: butan-1-ol) is a four-carbon primary aliphatic alcohol (PubChem 2023, Djoumbou et al. 2016). It is produced via the catalyzed hydrogenation of butyraldehyde followed by distillation (OECD 2001). Butyl alcohol functions as a denaturant, as a solvent in the manufacturing of anti-freeze, paints, resins, vegetable oils, and dye, and as an intermediate in semiconductor manufacturing and in the textile, coatings, and pharmaceutical industries (PubChem 2023, AICIS 2013). It also functions as a denaturant, solvent, and perfuming agent in cosmetic formulations (EC 2023).
Chemical Synonyms 1-Butanol; Butyl alcohol; n-Butyl alcohol; Butyl alcohol; Propyl carbinol; Butanol, 1-; n- Butan-1-ol; 1-Hydroxybutane; Butyl hydroxide; Propylmethanol; Butanolen; Butyric alcohol; Methylolpropane, EC 200-751-6 (PubChem 2023).
Key Functions: Cosmetics & Personal Care, Food Contact & Additives, Industrial / Manufacturing, Pharmaceuticals, Solvents & Cleaning, Textile Applications