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BUTOXYETHANOL
Butoxyethanol is an organic compound with the chemical formula BuOC2H4OH (Bu = CH3CH2CH2CH2).
This colorless liquid has a sweet, ether-like odor, as it derives from the family of glycol ethers, and is a butyl ether of ethylene glycol.
As a relatively nonvolatile, inexpensive solvent, Butoxyethanol is used in many domestic and industrial products because of its properties as a surfactant.
CAS: 111-76-2
European Community (EC) Number: 203-905-0
IUPAC Name: 2-butoxyethanol
Molecular Formula: C6H14O2
CH3(CH2)2CH2OCH2CH2OH
Molecular Weight: 118.17 g/mol
Butoxyethanol, also known as 2-Butoxyethanol, is a widely used solvent.
A colorless liquid with a sweet scent, butoxyethanol is primarily used in paints and coatings and is an ingredient in some household cleaning products, cosmetics, and personal care products.
One of the main industrial uses of butoxyethanol is as a solvent in protective surface coatings such as spray lacquers, quick-dry lacquers and enamels, and water-based varnishes and latex paints.
Butoxyethanol can help prevent other ingredients in cosmetics and personal care products from separating within the formulation and keep a substance clear even when exposed to extreme temperatures.
The Cosmetic Ingredient Review has concluded that butoxyethanol is safe in hair and nail products at concentrations up to 10 percent.
Household cleaning products like glass cleaners, liquid soaps and all-purpose spray-cleaners contain butoxyethanol for its ability to help dissolve substances such as grease and dirt. Safe handling instructions should be followed when using cleaning products containing butoxyethanol.
Butoxyethanol is a primary alcohol that is ethanol in which one of the methyl hydrogens is replaced by a butoxy group.
A high-boiling (171℃) colourless liquid, Butoxyethanol is used as a solvent for paints and inks, as well as in some dry cleaning solutions.
Butoxyethanol has a role as a protic solvent.
Butoxyethanol is a primary alcohol and a glycol ether.
Butoxyethanol appears as a colorless liquid with a mild, pleasant odor.
Butoxyethanol is less dense than water.
Flash point 160 °F.
Butoxyethanol is used as a solvent and to make paints and varnish.
Butoxyethanol is a clear colorless liquid that smells like ether.
Butoxyethanol has many names including ethylene glycol monobutyl ether, ethylene glycol butyl ether, ethylene glycol n-butyl ether, Butyl Cellusolve, butyl glycol, and butyl Oxitol.
Butoxyethanol is used as a solvent in spray lacquers, enamels, varnishes, and latex paints and as an ingredient in paint thinners and strippers, varnish removers, and herbicides.
Butoxyethanol is also used in liquid soaps, cosmetics, industrial and household cleaners, and dry-cleaning compounds.
Butoxyethanol is an organic compound with the chemical formula BuOC2H4OH (Bu = CH3CH2CH2CH2).
This colorless liquid has a sweet, ether-like odor, as it derives from the family of glycol ethers, and is a butyl ether of ethylene glycol.
As a relatively nonvolatile, inexpensive solvent, it is used in many domestic and industrial products because of its properties as a surfactant.
Butoxyethanol is a clear, colorless liquid that smells somewhat like ether.
Butoxyethanol is widely used as a solvent in spray lacquers, quick-dry lacquers, enamels, varnishes, and latex paints.
Butoxyethanol is also found in household cleaners, liquid soaps, cosmetics, and hair dyes and colors.
Butoxyethanol is also called butyl cellosolve, glycol ether EB, ethylene glycol monobutyl ether, or EGBE.
Butoxyethanol is a clear, colorless and flammable liquid that is used as a solvent.
Solvents soften and disperse soils so that you can remove them without having to use as much “elbow grease”.
Butoxyethanol is part of a family called “glycol ethers“.
Glass cleaners and all-purpose spray-cleaners are the most common household items containing Butoxyethanol.
Butoxyethanol is used in household cleaners, liquid soaps, cosmetics spray lacquers, enamels, herbicides, hydraulic fluids, fabric dyes and inks, household degreasers, dry-cleaning substances, and latex paints.
Butoxyethanol, also known as ethylene glycol monobutyl ether, is a solvent (a liquid used for dissolving other substances) belonging to the glycol ether family.
Butoxyethanol is used in surface coatings, household cleaning products, herbicides, automobile brake fluids, printing inks, spot removers and cosmetics.
Butoxyethanol is a colorless, sweet ether-like smelling liquid, which dissolves both water soluble and hydrophobic substances.
Butoxyethanol is a glycol ether with modest surfactant properties.
A solvent of low toxicity, it is also relatively inexpensive and often used in household and industrial products.
Ungraded products are indicative of a grade suitable for general industrial use or research purposes and typically are not suitable for human consumption or therapeutic use.
A primary alcohol that is ethanol in which one of the methyl hydrogens is replaced by a butoxy group.
A high-boiling (171°C) colourless liquid, it is used as a solvent for paints and inks, as well as in some dry cleaning solutions.
Butoxyethanol is an organic compound with the chemical formula BuOC2H4OH (Bu = CH3CH2CH2CH2).
This colorless liquid has a sweet, ether-like odor, as it derives from the family of glycol ethers, and is a butyl ether of ethylene glycol.
As a relatively nonvolatile, inexpensive solvent, it is used in many domestic and industrial products because of its properties as a surfactant.
Experimental Properties
Physical Description: Ethylene glycol monobutyl ether appears as a colorless liquid with a mild, pleasant odor.
Less dense than water.
Flash point 160 °F.
Irritates skin and eyes and may be toxic by ingestion.
Used as a solvent and to make paints and varnish.
Color / Form: Colorless liquid
Odor: Mild, ether-like odor
Boiling Point: 340 °F at 743 mmHg
Melting Point: -94 °F
Flash Point: 141 °F
Solubility: greater than or equal to 100 mg/mL at 72 °F
Density: 0.902 at 68 °F
Vapor Density: 4.07
Vapor Pressure: 0.76 mmHg at 68 °F ; 0.88 mmHg at 77 °F; 300 mmHg at 284 °F
Autoignition Temperature: 472 °F
Viscosity: 3.15 centistokes at 25 °C
Heat of Vaporization: 56.59 kJ/mol at 25 °C
Heat of Combustion: -12,915 btu/lb = -7,180 cal/g = -848,000 cal/mol
Surface Tension: 27.36 mN/m at 10 deg; 26.14 mN/m at 25 °C; 24.10 mN/m at 50 deg; 22.06 mN/m at 75 °C; 22.02 mN/m at 100 °C
Ionization Potential: 10.00 eV
Index of refraction: 1.4198 at 20 °C/D
Production
Butoxyethanol is commonly obtained through two processes; the ethoxylation reaction of butanol and ethylene oxide in the presence of a catalyst:
C2H4O + C4H9OH → C4H9OC2H4OH
or the etherification of butanol with 2-chloroethanol.
Butoxyethanol can be obtained in the laboratory by performing a ring opening of 2-propyl-1,3-dioxolane with boron trichloride.
Butoxyethanol is often produced industrially by combining ethylene glycol and butyraldehyde in a Parr reactor with palladium on carbon.
In 2006, the European production of butyl glycol ethers amounted to 181 kilotons, of which approximately 50% (90 kt/a) was 2-butoxyethanol.
World production is estimated to be 200 to 500 kt/a, of which 75% is for paints and coatings and 18% for metal cleaners and household cleaners.
In the US, it is considered a high production volume chemical because more than 100 million pounds of this chemical are produced per year.
Uses
Butoxyethanol is a glycol ether with modest surfactant properties, which can also be used as a mutual solvent.
Commercial uses
Butoxyethanol is a solvent for paints and surface coatings, as well as cleaning products and inks.
Products that contain Butoxyethanol include acrylic resin formulations, asphalt release agents, firefighting foam, leather protectors, oil spill dispersants, degreaser applications, photographic strip solutions, whiteboard and glass cleaners, liquid soaps, cosmetics, dry cleaning solutions, lacquers, varnishes, herbicides, latex paints, enamels, printing paste, and varnish removers, and silicone caulk.
Products containing this compound are commonly found at construction sites, automobile repair shops, print shops, and facilities that produce sterilizing and cleaning products.
Butoxyethanol is the main ingredient of many home, commercial and industrial cleaning solutions.
Since the molecule has both polar and non-polar ends, 2-butoxyethanol is useful for removing both polar and non-polar substances, like grease and oils.
It is also approved by the U.S. FDA to be used as direct and indirect food additives, which include antimicrobial agents, defoamers, stabilizers, and adhesives.
In the petroleum industry
Butoxyethanol is commonly produced for the oil industry because of its surfactant properties.
In the petroleum industry, Butoxyethanol is a component of fracturing fluids, drilling stabilizers, and oil slick dispersants for both water-based and oil-based hydraulic fracturing.
When liquid is pumped into the well, the fracturing fluids are pumped under extreme pressure, so 2-butoxyethanol is used to stabilize them by lowering the surface tension.
As a surfactant, 2-butoxyethanol absorbs at the oil-water interface of the fracture.
The compound is also used to facilitate the release of the gas by preventing congealing.
Butoxyethanol is also used as a crude oil–water coupling solvent for more general oil well workovers.
Household Cleaning Products
Common household cleaning products like glass cleaners, liquid soaps and all-purpose spray-cleaners contain butoxyethanol, for its ability to help dissolve substances such as grease and dirt.
Personal Care Products
Cosmetic products such as hair dyes, nail polishes, nail polish removers and skin cleansers contain butoxyethanol, which can help prevent the other product ingredients from separating within the formulation.
Butoxyethanol also can help keep a substance clear—even after a product is exposed to extreme temperatures during shipping or storage.
Solvents and Adhesives
One of the main industrial uses of butoxyethanol is as a solvent in protective surface coatings, such as spray lacquers, quick-dry lacquers and enamels, as well as water-based varnishes and latex paints.
Butoxyethanol helps decrease the overall thickness of a varnish or paint to help enable smoother application.
Butoxyethanol is also an ingredient in adhesives and inks used on food packaging.
SYNONYMS:
2-Butoxyethanol
111-76-2
ETHYLENE GLYCOL MONOBUTYL ETHER
Butyl glycol
Butyl cellosolve
Butoxyethanol
n-Butoxyethanol
Ethylene glycol butyl ether
Ethanol, 2-butoxy-
Butyl oxitol
Dowanol EB
Glycol butyl ether
Glycol ether eb
3-Oxa-1-heptanol
2-butoxyethan-1-ol
EGBE
2-Butoxy-1-ethanol
Gafcol EB
2-n-Butoxyethanol
O-Butyl ethylene glycol
Jeffersol eb
Butyl cellu-sol
BUCS
Ektasolve EB
Glycol monobutyl ether
Chimec NR
2-Butoxy ethanol
2-Butossi-etanolo
2-Butoxy-aethanol
Butylcelosolv
Butylglycol
Butoksyetylowy alkohol
2-Butoxy-ethanol
Ethylene glycol n-butyl ether
EGMBE
Monobutyl glycol ether
Monobutyl ether of ethylene glycol
Ethylene glycol mono-n-butyl ether
9004-77-7
n-Butyl Cellosolve
.beta.-Butoxyethanol
Butyl monoether glycol
Butyglycol
Monobutyl ethylene glycol ether
2-n-Butoxy-1-ethanol
Ether alcohol
Ethylene glycol, monobutyl ether
Butyl icinol
Minex BDH
NSC 60759
2-Hydroxyethyl n-butyl ether
ethyleneglycol monobutyl ether
2-Butoxyethanol (ethylene glycol monobutyl ether)
2-Butoxyethan(ol-d)
2-Butoxyethanol--d4
Eter monobutilico del etilenglicol
I0P9XEZ9WV
Butyl 2-hydroxyethyl ether
Ether monobutylique de l'ethyleneglycol
DTXSID1024097
CHEBI:63921
NSC-60759
2-BUTOXY(ETHANOL-13C2)
DTXCID904097
Butylcelosolv [Czech]
Caswell No. 121
butylcellosolve
g lycol ether eb
beta-Butoxyethanol
2 -Butoxyethanol
Butylglycol [French,German]
2-Butoxy-aethanol [German]
CAS-111-76-2
SMR001253761
2-Butossi-etanolo [Italian]
Butoxyethanol, 2-
Ektasolve EB solvent
CCRIS 5985
HSDB 538
Butoksyetylowy alkohol [Polish]
Ek tasolve EB solvent
Glycol ether eb acetate
EINECS 203-905-0
UNII-I0P9XEZ9WV
UN2369
n-butoxyethanol sodium salt
EPA Pesticide Chemical Code 011501
BRN 1732511
Butyloxitol
AI3-0993
AI3-09903
Eter monobutilico del etilenglicol [Spanish]
Ethylene glycol mono butyl ether
EB Solvent
Ether monobutylique de l'ethyleneglycol [French]
3-oxaheptan-1-ol
2-(n-Butoxy)ethanol
BuOCH2CH2OH
2-(1-Butyloxy) ethanol
EC 203-905-0
EC 500-012-0
Aethylenglycolmonobuthylaether
BUTOXYETHANOL [INCI]
2-Butoxy-aethanol(GERMAN)
SCHEMBL15712
Ethyleneglycol-monobutyl ether
MLS002174253
MLS002454362
WLN: Q2O4
BUTYL CELLOSOLVE [MI]
Butyglycol(FRENCH, GERMAN)
Ethylene glycol monobutyl ether (EGBE)(2-Butoxyet)
ethylene glycol-monobutyl ether
CHEMBL284588
QSPL 003
2-BUTOXYETHANOL [IARC]
2-BUTOXYETHANOL [VANDF]
2-BUTOXY ETHANOL (ETHYLENE GLYCOL MONOBUTYL ETHER)
Ethylene glycol butyl ether, 99%
2-butoxyethanol (butyl cellosolve)
NSC60759
Tox21_202399
Tox21_300123
MFCD00002884
Ethylene glycol butyl ether, >=99%
AKOS009028760
NCGC00090683-01
NCGC00090683-02
NCGC00090683-03
NCGC00090683-04
NCGC00090683-05
NCGC00254083-01
NCGC00259948-01
LS-13220
B0698
FT-0626297
NS00003129
EN300-19317
C19355
Ethylene glycol butyl ether, analytical standard
ETHYLENE GLYCOL MONO-N-BUTYL ETHER [HSDB]
Q421557
Ethylene glycol butyl ether, for synthesis, 99.0%
J-508565
Ethylene glycol butyl ether, SAJ first grade, >=99.0%
Ethylene glycol butyl ether, spectrophotometric grade, >=99.0%
Ethylene glycol monobutyl ether [UN2369] [Keep away from food]
