Record Information
Version1.0
StatusDetected and Quantified
Creation Date2020-10-27 23:41:22 UTC
Update Date2022-08-31 00:16:09 UTC
Metabolite IDMMDBc0000251
Metabolite Identification
Common Name1-Butanol
Description1-Butanol, which is also known as n-butanol or 1-butanol or butyl alcohol (sometimes also called biobutanol when produced biologically), is an alcohol with a 4 carbon structure and the molecular formula of C4H10O. It is primarily used as a solvent, as an intermediate in chemical synthesis, and as a fuel. There are four isomeric structures for butanol. The straight chain isomer with the alcohol at an internal carbon is sec-butanol or 2-butanol. The branched isomer with the alcohol at a terminal carbon is isobutanol, and the branched isomer with the alcohol at the internal carbon is tert-butanol. 1-Butanol is produced in small amounts by gut microbial fermenetation through the butanoate metabolic pathway. It has been found in Bacillus, Clostridium, Escherichia, Lactobacillus, Pseudomonas, Saccharomyces, Synechococcus and Thermoanaerobacterium (http://publications.lib.chalmers.se/records/fulltext/162787.pdf) (https://ac.els-cdn.com/S0079635206800470/1-s2.0-S0079635206800470-main.pdf?_tid=1db841d3-3e7b-496f-beae-05ff16913bc6&acdnat=1550288698_645db12231ee1d15d4bb7036d31d8aad) (https://dl.uctm.edu/journal/node/j2018-4/8_17-182_p_683-696.pdf).
Structure
Synonyms
ValueSource
1-Butyl alcoholChEBI
1-HydroxybutaneChEBI
BuOHChEBI
N-Butan-1-olChEBI
N-ButanolChEBI
N-Butyl alcoholChEBI
N-ButylalkoholChEBI
Propyl carbinolChEBI
Butan-1-olKegg
ButanolHMDB
Butyl alcoholHMDB
Butyl hydroxideHMDB
HemostypHMDB
MethylolpropaneHMDB
PropylcarbinolHMDB
Alcohol, N-butylHMDB
N Butyl alcoholHMDB
Alcohol, butylHMDB
1 ButanolHMDB
N ButanolHMDB
1-ButanolChEBI
Molecular FormulaC4H10O
Average Mass74.1216
Monoisotopic Mass74.073164942
IUPAC Namebutan-1-ol
Traditional Namebutanol
CAS Registry Number71-36-3
SMILES
CCCCO
InChI Identifier
InChI=1S/C4H10O/c1-2-3-4-5/h5H,2-4H2,1H3
InChI KeyLRHPLDYGYMQRHN-UHFFFAOYSA-N