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n-Butyl acetate

English translation: normal butyl acetate

16:54 Oct 5, 2008
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Law/Patents - Chemistry; Chem Sci/Eng
English term or phrase: n-Butyl acetate
Dear everybody,
What does the "n" in "n-Butyl acetate" refer to?

Many thanks!
Ali Al awadi
Türkiye
Selected answer:normal butyl acetate
Explanation:
"normal" means a radical with a straight C4 chain (see explanations in the reference)
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Anton Konashenok
Czech Republic
Local time: 17:54
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Thanks a lot, Anton!
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5 +7normal butyl acetate
Anton Konashenok
5 +2normal-butyl acetate.
chaman4723


  

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n-butyl acetate
normal butyl acetate


Explanation:
"normal" means a radical with a straight C4 chain (see explanations in the reference)



    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butyl
Anton Konashenok
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agree  chaman4723
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agree  Will Matter
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agree  Karen Tkaczyk: Except we shouldn't use radical in this context. http://goldbook.iupac.org/R05066.html
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21 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
n-butyl acetate
normal-butyl acetate.


Explanation:
Other names are normal butyl acetate; acetic acid n-butyl ester; butyl
acetate; n-butyl ethanoate; ethanoic acid n-butyl ester. The last described two names are its names according to I.U naomanclature

Example sentence(s):
  • n-butyl acetate is an ester of a number of uses.
chaman4723
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Asker: Thanks chaman4723!


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