Fatty acid

DATA No : DFA0004 INFORMANT : Tetsuyuki Kobayashi

NAME : Butanoic acid

COMMON NAME	:	Butyric acid
SYMBOL	:	Bt/C4:0
FORMULA	:	C₄H₈O₂ MOL.WT (average) : 88.105

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BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY

PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES

MELTING POINT	:	-7.9C

BOILING POINT	:	163.5C

REFRACTIVE INDEX	:	1.33906 at 20C

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DENSITY	:	d 0.9587

SOLUBILITY	:	miscible with water, alcohol, ether.(Ref. 0347)

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CHROMATOGRAM DATA

SOURCE

Butterfat

CHEMICAL SYNTHESIS

Obtained by suitable fermentation of carbohydrates;preparation from n-propanol + CO at 200 atm in the presense of Ni(CO)₄ and NiI₂.(Ref. 1012); lab preparation from ethylmalonic acid.

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REFERENCES

[0347]

AUTHOR	:	Markley, K. S., et. al. 1960 Fatty Acids : Their Chemistry, Properties, Production,and Uses. Ed.2. Interscience, New York. v.1, pp.23-249
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[1012]

AUTHOR	:	Hasche,(1942),in U.S.pat.,2,294,984, to Kodak
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