any of four isomeric alcohols, C4H9OH, obtained from petroleum products: used as solvents and in organic synthesis
butyl alcohol in American English
noun
Chemistry
any of four flammable, isomeric, liquid alcohols having the formula C4H9OH, used as solvents and in organic synthesis
Also called: butanol
Word origin
[1865–70]This word is first recorded in the period 1865–70. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: batting average, dunk, figure skating, springboard, tick-tack-toe
Examples of 'butyl alcohol' in a sentence
butyl alcohol
As a working fluid, butyl alcohol (butanol-1) was used.
Ageev Evgeny, Altukhov Alexandr, Novikov Alexandr 2018, 'Element composition of additive products from electroerozive cobalt-chromum powders',MATEC Web of Conferenceshttps://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/201822401124. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The magnetic shielding and its polarizabilities, have been calculated for tertiary butyl alcohol and tertiary butyl amine.
Martin Grayson 2005, 'Solvent effects on the magnetic shielding of tertiary butyl alcohol, tertiary butylamine and related molecules', Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Ethiopiahttp://www.ajol.info/index.php/bcse/article/view/21130. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)