butanol
IPA: bjˈuteɪnɔɫ
noun
- (organic chemistry) Any of four isomeric aliphatic alcohols, C₄H₉-OH
- butan-1-ol or n-butanol or butyl alcohol - CH₃(CH₂)₃-OH
- butan-2-ol or sec-butanol - CH₃CH₂CH(CH₃)-OH
- 2-methyl-propan-1-ol or iso-butanol - (CH₃)₂CHCH₂-OH
- 1,1-dimethyl-ethanol or tert-butanol - (CH₃)₃C-OH
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Examples of "butanol" in Sentences
- Current use of butanol in vehicles.
- Examples include ethanol and butanol.
- Acetone butanol ethanol fermentation.
- It is one of the four isomers of butanol.
- Potential problems with the use of butanol fuel.
- It is the ester of 4 aminobenzoic acid and butanol.
- It is an ester of orthophosphoric acid with n butanol.
- Oxidation of 2 butanol is one way to produce butanone.
- Decomposition of the latter by butanol yielded deltic acid.
- Butanol may be used as a fuel in an internal combustion engine.