54680

Butyl 4-hydroxybenzoate

≥99.0% (GC)

• Synonym(s): p-Hydroxybenzoic acid n-butyl ester, Butyl paraben
• Linear Formula: HOC₆H₄CO₂(CH₂)₃CH₃
• CAS Number: 94-26-8
• Molecular Weight: 194.23
• Beilstein/REAXYS Number: 1103741
• EC Number: 202-318-7
• MDL number: MFCD00016478
• UNSPSC Code: 12352100
• PubChem Substance ID: 57651472
• NACRES: NA.22

Properties

• Quality Level: 200
• assay: ≥99.0% (GC)
• bp: 156-157 °C/3.5 mmHg (lit.)
• mp: 67-70 °C (lit.); 68-70 °C
• functional group: ester
• SMILES string: CCCCOC(=O)c1ccc(O)cc1
• InChI: 1S/C11H14O3/c1-2-3-8-14-11(13)9-4-6-10(12)7-5-9/h4-7,12H,2-3,8H2,1H3
• InChI key: QFOHBWFCKVYLES-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Description

Application

Butyl 4-hydroxybenzoate can be used to synthesize 4-[(9-oxoxanthen-3-yl)-carbonyloxy]benzoate by reacting with 2-phenoxyterephthaloyl dichloride in hot pyridine.

Safety Information

• pictograms: GHS05
• signalword: Danger
• hcodes: H315,H318
• pcodes: P264 - P280 - P302 + P352 - P305 + P351 + P338 - P332 + P313 - P362 + P364
• Hazard Classifications: Eye Dam. 1 - Skin Irrit. 2
• Storage Class: 11 - Combustible Solids
• wgk_germany: WGK 1
• ppe: Eyeshields, Gloves, type N95 (US)