MYRISTIC ACID N-BUTYL ESTER Chemical Properties

Melting point:

6.8°C

Boiling point:

195 °C / 18mmHg

Density 

0,86 g/cm³

refractive index 

1.4380 to 1.4410

Flash point:

166°C

form 

clear liquid

color 

Colorless to Almost colorless

Odor

at 100.00 %. mild oily fatty

Odor Type

oily

LogP

7.918 (est)

CAS DataBase Reference

110-36-1(CAS DataBase Reference)

EPA Substance Registry System

Butyl myristate (110-36-1)

Safety Information

Risk Statements 

36/37/38

Safety Statements 

26-36/37/39

WGK Germany 

3

RTECS 

XB8550000

HS Code 

2915.90.5050

MYRISTIC ACID N-BUTYL ESTER Usage And Synthesis

Aroma

Mild, oily-fatty odor reminiscent of Castor oil.

Uses

MYRISTIC ACID N-BUTYL ESTER is occasionally used in perfumery to introduce fatty, Orris-like notes or flower-wax notes in floral bases, artificial flower absolutes, etc. Occasionally used in flavor compositions for imitation Cognac and Nutmeg, again mainly for its peculiar fatty notes.

Production Methods

MYRISTIC ACID N-BUTYL ESTER can be produced from n-Butanol and Myristic acid by direct esterification under azeorropic conditions.

MYRISTIC ACID N-BUTYL ESTER(110-36-1)Related Product Information

• MYRISTIC ANHYDRIDE
• Potassium myristate
• 14-(tert-Butoxy)-14-oxotetradecanoic acid
• tetradecyl benzoate
• DIMETHYL TETRADECANEDIOATE
• Butyl stearate
• Ascorbyl Palmitate
• DECYL STEARATE
• STEARIC ANHYDRIDE
• Span 60
• Palmitic anhydride
• Madecassoside
• BEHENIC ANHYDRIDE
• Nystatin
• PHORBOL 12-MYRISTATE 13-ACETATE
• Cholesteryl myristate
• Cholesteryl palmitate
• Tetradecane