• Butanol

    Full definition of butanol

    Noun

    butanol

    (countable and uncountable; plural butanols)
    1. (organic compound) Any of four isomeric aliphatic alcohols, C4H9-OH
      1. butan-1-ol or n-butanol or butyl alcohol - CH3(CH2)3-OH
      2. butan-2-ol or sec-butanol - CH3CH2CH(CH3)-OH
      3. 2-methyl-propan-1-ol or iso-butanol - (CH3)2CHCH2-OH
      4. 1,1-dimethyl-ethanol or tert-butanol - (CH3)3C-OH
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