Butanediol
[CAS# 25265-75-2]

Identification

• Name: Butanediol
• Synonyms: Butylene glycol
• Molecular Formula: C₄H₁₀O₂
• Molecular Weight: 90.12
• CAS Registry Number: 25265-75-2

Properties

• Density: 1.021 g/cm³ (20 ºC), Calc.^*
• Melting point: 199 ºC^**
• Refractive index: 1.4460 (589.3 nm 20 ºC)^*

^* Moshkin, P. A.; Voprosy Ispol'zovan. Pentozansoderzhashchego Syr'ya, Trudy Vsesoyuz. Soveshchaniya, Riga 1958, P225-54.

^** Satani, Shoichi; JP 04345624 A 1992.