Ethyl butyrate

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Ethyl butyrate, also known as ethyl butanoate, or butyric ether, is an ester with the chemical formula CH3CH2CH2COOCH2CH3, with one oxygen having a double bond. It is soluble in propylene glycol, paraffin oil and kerosene.

## Contents

* 1 Table of physical properties
* 2 Uses
* 3 See also
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## Table of physical properties

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Property  | Value

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Critical temperature (Tc)  | 296 °C (569 K)
Critical pressure (pc)  | 3.10 MPa (30.64 bar)
Critical density (ρc)  | 2.38 mol.l-1
Refractive index (n) at 20 °C  | 1.390 - 1.394

## Uses

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It is commonly used as pineapple flavoring, solvent, in perfumery products and as a plasticizer for cellulose.

## See also

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* Butyric acid
* Butyrates
* Methyl butyrate

## References

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## External links

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* MSDS sheet
* Sorption of ethyl butyrate and octanal constituents of orange essence by polymeric adsorbents
* Biosynthesis of ethyl butyrate using immobilized lipase: a statistical approach

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