Butanol, also called butyl alcohol, is a four-carbon alcohol with the formula C4H9OH that occurs in four structural isomers, ranging from a straight-chain primary alcohol to branched-chain tertiary forms, commonly written BuOH, sec-BuOH, i-BuOH and t-BuOH: 1-butanol, the two stereoisomers of sec-butyl alcohol, isobutanol and tert-butyl alcohol. It is used mainly as a solvent and as an intermediate in chemical synthesis, and can also serve as a fuel; when produced biologically it is called biobutanol, which may be either the n-butanol or isobutanol form. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Butanol (also called butyl alcohol) is a four-carbon alcohol with a formula of C4H9OH, which occurs in five isomeric structures (four structural isomers), from a straight-chain primary alcohol to a branched-chain tertiary alcohol; all are a butyl or isobutyl group linked to a hydroxyl group (sometimes represented as BuOH, sec-BuOH, i-BuOH, and t-BuOH).
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Butanol (also called butyl alcohol) is a four-carbon alcohol with a formula of C4H9OH, which occurs in five isomeric structures (four structural isomers), from a straight-chain primary alcohol to a branched-chain tertiary alcohol; all are a butyl or isobutyl group linked to a hydroxyl group (sometimes represented as BuOH, sec-BuOH, i-BuOH, and t-BuOH).
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