
Hexyl butyrate
Hexyl butyrate is a fatty acid ester obtained by the formal condensation of hexanol with butyric acid. It has a role as an animal metabolite. It is functionally related to a butyric acid and a hexan-1-ol. — ChEBI
- IUPAC name
- hexyl butanoate
- Molecular formula
- C10H20O2
- Molecular weight
- 172.26 g/mol
- Exact mass
- 172.146329876 Da
- XLogP3
- 3.3
- Topological polar surface area
- 26.3 Ų
- Hydrogen-bond donors
- 0
- Hydrogen-bond acceptors
- 2
- Covalent units
- 1
- Defined stereocentres
- 0
Also known as
16 more reported names
External database identifiers
- ChEBI:CHEBI:87559
- ChEMBL:CHEMBL3182794
- EPA DTXSID:DTXSID8047559
- PubMed:22730107
- PubMed:22350520
- PubMed:21892724
- PubMed:21887525
- PubMed:21872872
- PubMed:21202371
- PubMed:19553182
- PubMed:19479964
- PubMed:16944127
- PubMed:16806320
- PubMed:16222779
- PubMed:15537156
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