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BUTYL ALCOHOLS, C4H9OH

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BUTYL See also:

ALCOHOLS, C4H9OH . Four isomeric alcohols of this See also:formula are known; two of these are See also:primary., one secondary, and one See also:tertiary (see ALCOHOLS). Normal butyl See also:alcohol, CH3•(See also:CH2)2•CH2OH, is a colourless liquid, boiling at 116.8°, and formed by reducing normal butyl aldehyde with See also:sodium, or by a See also:peculiar See also:fermentation of See also:glycerin, brought about by a schizomycete. Isobutyl alcohol, (See also:CH3)2CH•CH2OH, the butyl alcohol of fermentation, is a primary alcohol derived from isobutane. It may be prepared by the See also:general methods, and occurs in fusel oil, especially in See also:potato spirit. It is a liquid, smelling like fusel oil and boiling at Io8.4° C. Methyl See also:ethyl carbinol, CH3•C2H5•CHOH, is the secondary alcohol derived from n-butane. It is a strongly smelling liquid, boiling at 990. Trimethyl carbinol or tertiary butyl alcohol, (CH3)1.See also:COH, is the simplest tertiary alcohol, and was obtained by A. Butlerow in 1864 by acting with See also:zinc methyl on acetyl chloride (see ALCOHOLS). It forms rhombic prisms or plates which melt at 25° and See also:boil at 83°, and has a spiritous See also:smell, resembling that of camphor.

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