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Butyl stearate

analytical standard

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Synonym(s):
Stearic acid butyl ester
Linear Formula:
CH3(CH2)16COO(CH2)3CH3
CAS Number:
123-95-5
Molecular Weight:
340.58
Beilstein:
1792866
EC Number:
204-666-5
MDL number:
MFCD00026669
UNSPSC Code:
85151701
PubChem Substance ID:
329764532
NACRES:
NA.24

grade

analytical standard

Quality Level

100

Assay

≥95.0% (GC)

shelf life

limited shelf life, expiry date on the label

density

0.861 g/mL at 20 °C (lit.)

application(s)

cleaning products
cosmetics
food and beverages
personal care

format

neat

SMILES string

CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)OCCCC

InChI

1S/C22H44O2/c1-3-5-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18-19-20-22(23)24-21-6-4-2/h3-21H2,1-2H3

InChI key

ULBTUVJTXULMLP-UHFFFAOYSA-N

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General description

Butyl stearate is a fatty acid ester, which has application in cosmetics, personal care products, and as an emollient in food industries.
This substance is listed on the positive list of the EU regulation 10/2011 for plastics intended to come into contact with food.

Application

Butyl stearate may be used as an analytical standard for the determination of the analyte in cosmetic products and fruit-based baby foods by various chromatography techniques. It may be used as an internal standard for the determination of fungicides in fruit juice and wine samples by capillary gas chromatography and for the analysis of lysinoalanine in food proteins by gas-liquid chromatography (GLC).

WGK

WGK 1

Flash Point(F)

320.0 °F

Flash Point(C)

160 °C

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Enzymatic esterification for the synthesis of butyl stearate and ethyl stearate
Pereira GN, et al.
Biocatalysis and agricultural biotechnology, 16, 373-377 (2018)
Gas-liquid chromatography of some fatty acid esters and alcohols in lipsticks
Gross FC
Journal of the Association of Official Analytical Chemists, 49(6), 1196-1200 (1966)
A environmentally friendly reversed-phase liquid chromatography method for phthalates determination in nail cosmetics
De Orsi, et al.
Analytica Chimica Acta, 555(2), 238-241 (2006)
Studies on the gas chromatographic analysis of lysinoalanine in alkali-treated food proteins
Hasegawa K and Okamoto N
Agricultural and Biological Chemistry, 44(3), 649-655 (1980)
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