Butyl butyrate (BioCAD00000035779)

feces plant natural products

Metabolite Card

Formula: C8H16O2 (144.115)
SMILES: CCCCOC(=O)CCC

Synonyms [en]

butyl butyrate; Butyl butanoate; n-Butyl butyrate; n-butyric n-butyl ester; n-butyl n-butanoate; butryl butyrate

Reviewed

Last reviewed on 2024-06-28.

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Butyl butyrate. 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: BioCAD00000035779). Licensed under the Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).

Note

Butyl butyrate, or butyl butanoate, is an organic compound that is an ester formed by the condensation of butyric acid and n-butanol. It is a clear, colorless liquid that is insoluble in water, but miscible with ethanol and diethyl ether. Its refractive index is 1.406 at 20 °C. Butyl butyrate is found in alcoholic beverages. Butyl butyrate is present in many fruits, e.g. banana, cherry, melon, plum, also present in gruyere de comte cheese, cider, soybean etc. Butyl butyrate is used in fruit flavour compositions Butyl butyrate is an organic compound which is an ester formed by the condensation of butyric acid and butanol. It is a clear, colorless liquid that is insoluble in water, but miscible with ethanol and diethyl ether.

Extracellular Membrane
Entity Information

DBLinks

Other DBLinks
  • CAS Registry Number: 109-21-7
  • PubChem: 7983
  • ChEBI: ChEBI:87429
  • HMDB: HMDB0039620
  • HMDB: HMDB39620
  • LipidMaps: LMFA07010418
  • BioCyc: CPD-19960
  • NCBI MeSH: n-butyl n-butyrate
  • Wikipedia: Butyl_butyrate
  • RefMet: RM0139416
  • MoNA: HMDB0039620_c_ms_102029
  • MoNA: HMDB0039620_c_ms_102030
  • MoNA: HMDB0039620_c_ms_102031
  • MoNA: HMDB0039620_c_ms_102032
  • MoNA: JP001824
  • MoNA: JP002547
  • MoNA: JP005924
  • MoNA: JP006497
  • Metlin: METLIN_94177
  • Coconut NaturalProduct: CNP0123594.0

Class / Ontology

Metabolic Network
ID EC Number Name
Rhea:RHEA:65401 butan-1-ol + butanoyl-CoA => butyl butanoate + CoA
Rhea:RHEA:65402 butyl butanoate + CoA => butan-1-ol + butanoyl-CoA
Rhea:RHEA:65403 butan-1-ol + butanoyl-CoA <=> butyl butanoate + CoA
BioCyc:RXN-18672 2.3.1.84 BUTYRYL-COA + BUTANOL --> CPD-19960 + CO-A
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