2-Butoxyethanol (BioCAD00000002368)

feces plant natural products

Metabolite Card

Formula: C6H14O2 (118.0994)
SMILES: CCCCOCCO

Synonyms [en]

2-butoxyethanol; Butoxyethanol; Butyl glycol; O-Butyl ethylene glycol; Glycol butyl ether; Butyl cellosolve

Reviewed

Last reviewed on 2024-06-28.

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2-Butoxyethanol. 数据之源，洞见之始. SMRUCC genomics institute, a synthetic life researcher from China. https://biocad_registry.innovation.ac.cn/s/(-)-arctiin (retrieved 2026-01-03) (CAD Registry RN: BioCAD00000002368). Licensed under the Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).

Note

2-Butoxyethanol is used in food processing as a processing aid, sanitizer, solvent, etc 2-Butoxyethanol is an organic solvent with the formula C6H14O2. It is a colorless liquid with a sweet, ether-like odour. It is a butyl ether of ethylene glycol, but should not be confused with it. The main use of 2-butoxyethanol is as a solvent in paints and surface coatings, followed by cleaning products and inks. Other products which contain 2-butoxyethanol include acrylic resin formulations, asphalt release agents, firefighting foam, leather protectors, oil spill dispersants, bowling pin and lane degreaser, and photographic strip solutions. 2-Butoxyethanol is a primary ingredient of various whiteboard cleaners, liquid soaps, cosmetics, dry cleaning solutions, lacquers, varnishes, herbicides, and latex paints. It also seems to be excellent at killing most insects and arachnids

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Other DBLinks
  • CAS Registry Number: 111-76-2
  • CAS Registry Number: 139754-38-4
  • CAS Registry Number: 9004-77-7
  • PubChem: 8133
  • ChEBI: ChEBI:63921
  • HMDB: HMDB0031327
  • KEGG: C19355
  • NCBI MeSH: n-butoxyethanol
  • Wikipedia: 2-Butoxyethanol
  • RefMet: RM0156002
  • MoNA: HMDB0031327_c_ms_100732
  • MoNA: HMDB0031327_c_ms_100733
  • MoNA: HMDB0031327_c_ms_100734
  • MoNA: JP006161
  • MoNA: JP006203
  • MoNA: JP007024
  • Metlin: METLIN_73060
  • Coconut NaturalProduct: CNP0080154.0

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