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butyl formate

chemical compound
Class type of: chemical compound Q734815

Facts

10 properties
Instance of
type of chemical entity
Subclass of
chemical compound[4]
Boiling point
+106.1[11]
Canonical SMILES
CCCCOC=O[2]
Chemical formula
C₅H₁₀O₂[3]
Found in taxon
Plectranthus glabratus, Mangifera indica, Aloe africana[5][6][7]
Ionization energy
+10.50[12]
Mass
+102.068[8]
Melting point
-92.0, -91.5[9][10]
Subject has role
flavor enhancer[13]
🏷️ Also known as
en N-Butyl formate [UN1128] [Flammable liquid] en N-Butyl methanoate en Butylester kyseliny mravenci en butyl formate en Butyl methanoate en FEMA 2916 en Formic acid butyl ester en Formic acid, butyl ester en HCOO(CH2)3CH3 en N-Butyl formate de Ameisensäurebutylester de Butylformiat fr formiate de n-butyle nl butylformiaat pl mrówczan butylu pl mrówczan n-butylu pt metanoato de butila zh 甲酸丁酯
🔖 Identifiers · 31
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Butyl formiát.jpg ↗
CAMEO Chemicals ID
282
CAS Registry Number
592-84-7
Cannabis Database ID
000579
ChEBI ID
88514
ChEMBL ID
CHEMBL2270394
ChemSpider ID
11125
CosIng number
39136
DSSTOX compound identifier
DTXCID1042576
DSSTox substance ID
DTXSID2060468
EC number
209-772-5
ECHA Substance Infocard ID
100.008.885
Show all 31 identifiers +19
FL number
09.163
Google Knowledge Graph ID
/g/122k6330
HCIS ID
714
Human Metabolome Database ID
HMDB0040575
ICSC ID
0402
InChI
InChI=1S/C5H10O2/c1-2-3-4-7-5-6/h5H,2-4H2,1H3
InChIKey
NMJJFJNHVMGPGM-UHFFFAOYSA-N
JECFA database ID
688
JECFA number
118
KNApSAcK ID
C00062351
MassBank accession ID
MSBNK-Fac_Eng_Univ_Tokyo-JP002107, MSBNK-Fac_Eng_Univ_Tokyo-JP006462
NMRShiftDB structure ID
20037727
NSC number
6969
PubChem CID
11614
SPLASH
splash10-0a6u-9000000000-69a6b7dc8e0c0a8fb002, splash10-0a6u-9000000000-179d2d59f5490a925ec2
SureChEMBL ID
5847
UNII
0Y9MZ7VM9P
UniChem compound ID
10113574
ZVG number
510099

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Found in taxon 3
Mangifera indica, Aloe africana, Plectranthus glabratus
Subclass of 1
chemical compound
Subject has role 1
flavor enhancer
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Summary

butyl formate is a type of chemical entity[1].

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  1. [2] ↑ . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . Volatile Constituents of the Headspace and Essential Oil ofPlectranthus coleoidesMarginatus (Labiatae). wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . Volatile aroma constituents of mango (cv Kensington). wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . Aloe exudate: characterization by reversed phase HPLC and headspace GC-MS.. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . Jean-Claude Bradley Open Melting Point Dataset. wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . Basic laboratory and industrial chemicals: A CRC quick reference handbook. wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . Basic laboratory and industrial chemicals: A CRC quick reference handbook. wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . Basic laboratory and industrial chemicals: A CRC quick reference handbook. wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . ChEBI. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Htmlzycq · 2026-10-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Image → Butyl formiát.jpg
    "Created claim: Image: Butyl formiát.jpg"
  2. 21w ago · Nabbegat · 2026-06-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → type of chemical entity
    Ionization energy → 10.5 electronvolt
    Boiling point → 106.1 degree Celsius
    Found in taxon → Plectranthus glabratus, Mangifera indica, Aloe africana
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed [tr] labels, descriptions or aliases: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #37300"
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