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ETHYLENE GLYCOL MONOBUTYL ETHER ACETATE

Ethylene Glycol Monobutyl Ether Acetate is a chemical commonly used as a solvent; it is the acetate of Ethylene Glycol Monobutyl Ether Acetate.

CAS NO:112-07-2
EC NO:203-933-3

IUPAC NAMES:
1-ACETOXY-2BUTOXYETHANE
2-Butoxy-ethylacetat
2-butoxyehyl acetate
2-butoxyethanol acetate
2-BUTOXYETHYL ACETATE
2-Butoxyethyl acetate
2-butoxyethyl acetate
2-butoxyethyl acetate
2-Butoxyethyl-acetat
2-Butoxyethylacetat
Butyl Glycol Acetate
Butyl glycol acetate
butyl glycol acetate
butylglycol acetate
Ethylene glycol butyl ether acetate
Ethylene Glycol Monobutyl Ether Acetate
Ethylene glycol, monobutyl ether acetate
Glycol Ether EBA
N-[[3-[(4-acetamidophenoxy)methyl]-4-methoxyphenyl]methyl]-N-benzyl-2-hydroxybenzamide

SYNONYMS:
2-Butoxyethyl acetate
112-07-2
ETHYLENE GLYCOL MONOBUTYL ETHER ACETATE
Butyl glycol acetate
Butoxyethyl acetate
Butylglycol acetate
Butyl cellosolve acetate
Ektasolve EB acetate
Ethylene glycol butyl ether acetate
2-Butoxyethanol acetate
Ethanol, 2-butoxy-, acetate
Butylcelosolvacetat
1-Acetoxy-2-butoxyethane
Glycol monobutyl ether acetate
Acetic Acid 2-Butoxyethyl Ester
Acetic acid, 2-butoxyethyl ester
Butoxyethanol acetate
1-acetoxy-2-butoxyethane / 2-butoxyethanol acetate / 2-butoxyethyl acetate / 2-butoxyethyl acetic acid ester / 2-butoxyethyl ester acetic acid / acetic acid 2-butoxyethyl ester / BGA (= butyl glycol acetate) / butoxyethyl acetate / butyl cellosolve acetate / butyl ethoxol acetate / butyl glycol acetate / butylglycol acetate / EGBA (=ethyleneglycol butyl ether acetate) / EGBEA (=ethylene glycol butyl ether acetate) / ektasolve EB acetate / ethanol, 2-butoxy-, acetate / ethylene glycol butyl ether acetate / ethylene glycol monobutyl ether acetate / glycol monobutyl ether acetate / Substances with a flash-point above 60 °C and not more than 100 °C / Substances with a flash-point above 60 °C and not more than 100 °C, which do not belong to another class;2-Butoxyethyl acetate, 112-07-2, Butyl glycol acetate, ETHYLENE GLYCOL MONOBUTYL ETHER ACETATE, Butoxyethyl acetate, Butylglycol acetate, Butyl cellosolve acetate, Ektasolve EB acetate, Ethylene glycol butyl ether acetate, 2-Butoxyethanol acetate, Ethanol, 2-butoxy-, acetate, Butylcelosolvacetat, EGBEA, Glycol monobutyl ether acetate, n-Butoxyethanol acetate, Acetic acid, 2-butoxyethyl ester, Butylcelosolvacetat [Czech], Butoxyethanol acetate, UNII-WK5367RE39, HSDB 435

Applications
Ethylene Glycol Monobutyl Ether Acetate is used in a variety of industries as a solvent for nitrocellulose and multicolored lacquers, varnishes, enamels, and epoxy resin. It is useful as a solvent because of its high boiling point. It is also used in the manufacture of polyvinyl acetate latex. It is an ingredient in ink removers and spot removers.

Consumer Uses
Ethylene Glycol Monobutyl Ether Acetate is used in the following products: coating products, inks and toners, polymers and washing & cleaning products.
Other release to the environment of this substance is likely to occur from: indoor use (e.g. machine wash liquids/detergents, automotive care products, paints and coating or adhesives, fragrances and air fresheners) and outdoor use.

Article service life
Other release to the environment of this substance is likely to occur from: indoor use in long-life materials with low release rate (e.g. flooring, furniture, toys, construction materials, curtains, foot-wear, leather products, paper and cardboard products, electronic equipment), outdoor use in long-life materials with low release rate (e.g. metal, wooden and plastic construction and building materials), outdoor use in long-life materials with high release rate (e.g. tyres, treated wooden products, treated textile and fabric, brake pads in trucks or cars, sanding of buildings (bridges, facades) or vehicles (ships)) and indoor use in long-life materials with high release rate (e.g. release from fabrics, textiles during washing, removal of indoor paints).
Ethylene Glycol Monobutyl Ether Acetate can be found in complex articles, with no release intended: vehicles.
Ethylene Glycol Monobutyl Ether Acetate can be found in products with material based on: metal (e.g. cutlery, pots, toys, jewellery), wood (e.g. floors, furniture, toys), plastic (e.g. food packaging and storage, toys, mobile phones) and paper (e.g. tissues, feminine hygiene products, nappies, books, magazines, wallpaper).

Widespread uses by professional workers
Ethylene Glycol Monobutyl Ether Acetate is used in the following products: inks and toners, coating products, leather treatment products, non-metal-surface treatment products, paper chemicals and dyes, polymers and washing & cleaning products.
Ethylene Glycol Monobutyl Ether Acetate is used in the following areas: printing and recorded media reproduction and building & construction work.
Ethylene Glycol Monobutyl Ether Acetate is used for the manufacture of: chemicals, machinery and vehicles, textile, leather or fur and plastic products.
Other release to the environment of this substance is likely to occur from: indoor use (e.g. machine wash liquids/detergents, automotive care products, paints and coating or adhesives, fragrances and air fresheners) and outdoor use.

Formulation or re-packing
Ethylene Glycol Monobutyl Ether Acetate is used in the following products: coating products, inks and toners and leather treatment products.
Release to the environment of this substance can occur from industrial use: formulation of mixtures and manufacturing of the substance.

Uses at industrial sites
Ethylene Glycol Monobutyl Ether Acetate is used in the following products: inks and toners, coating products, leather treatment products, non-metal-surface treatment products, paper chemicals and dyes, polymers and washing & cleaning products.
Ethylene Glycol Monobutyl Ether Acetate is used in the following areas: printing and recorded media reproduction and formulation of mixtures and/or re-packaging.
Ethylene Glycol Monobutyl Ether Acetate is used for the manufacture of: chemicals, plastic products and textile, leather or fur.
Release to the environment of this substance can occur from industrial use: in processing aids at industrial sites and in the production of articles.

Ethylene Glycol Monobutyl Ether Acetate is a high boiling glycol ether-ester. Its slow evaporation rate provides excellent flow and leveling in high-bake coatings as well as air-dry systems such as epoxy coatings. It has limited water miscibility. It is supplied as a urethane grade solvent.

Applications/uses
Auto OEM
Auto refinish
Commerical printing inks
General industrial coatings
Paints & coatings

Key attributes
Efficient coalescent
Excellent solvent activity
High blush resistance
High electrical resistance
Inert - Nonfood use
Readily biodegradable
Slow evaporation rate
Urethane grade

Ethylene Glycol Monobutyl Ether Acetate (also known as 2-butoxyethyl acetate; ethylene glycol butyl ether acetate; and 2-butoxyethanol acetate) has the chemical formula C8H16O3, and is a clear, colourless to pale yellow liquid. It has a mild and pleasant ester odour and is only sparingly soluble in water but is miscible with many common organic solvents, for example, alcohols, ketones, aldehydes, ethers, glycols, and glycol ethers. It is this solvent power, combined with its’ low volatility, that sees Butyl Glycol Acetate employed in many branches of industry.

Description
Colorless liquid, pleasant, sweet, fruity odor.

Uses
High-boiling solvent for nitrocellulose lacquers, epoxy resins, multicolor lacquers, film coalescing aid for polyvinyl acetate latex.

Ethylene Glycol Monobutyl Ether Acetate is one of the components of Jiashi melon juice and was identified by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry-olfactometry (GC-MS-O) analysis[1]. It stimulated the release of prostaglandin E(2), an arachidonic acid metabolite, in human epidermal keratinocytes.

Ethylene Glycol Monobutyl Ether Acetate is a clear colorless liquid that smells like ether. It has many names including ethylene glycol monobutyl ether, ethylene glycol butyl ether, ethylene glycol n-butyl ether, Butyl Cellosolve, butyl glycol, and butyl Oxitol. It 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. It is also used in liquid soaps, cosmetics, industrial and household cleaners, and dry-cleaning compounds.

Ethylene Glycol Monobutyl Ether Acetate is a colorless liquid with a fruity odor. It is also known as ethylene glycol monobutyl ether acetate, butoxyethyl acetate, butyl glycol acetate, ethylene glycol butyl ether acetate, and acetic acid 2-butoxyethyl ester. It is used as a solvent for lacquers, varnishes, enamels, and epoxy resins. It is also used in some ink and spot remover compounds.

Composition C5H10O3
CAS 110-49-6
Melting Point -65.1
Density 1.0067
Molecular Weight mol. wt. = 118.1
Boiling Point 145

Ethylene Glycol Monobutyl Ether Acetate is a high boiling, slow evaporating ester solvent that is miscible with alcohols and ketones. Ethylene Glycol Monobutyl Ether Acetate is a high boiling, slow evaporating solvent that has limited water solubility, but is miscible with alcohols and ketones. Because it exhibits good compatibility with various coatings resins, Ethylene Glycol Monobutyl Ether Acetate is used in many coatings applications. It provides good tolerance for aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons and may be used to replace these solvents to enhance application properties such as brushability or roll application in high performance coatings. The slow evaporation rate of Ethylene Glycol Monobutyl Ether Acetate also makes it ideal for use in specialty printing inks.

Solvent for gums, resins, waxes, and oils; manufacture of semiconductors; textile printing, photographic films
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Boiling Point 192°C
Color Colorless
Quantity 25mL
Melting Point -64°C
Formula Weight 160.21
Physical Form Clear Liquid at 20°C
Percent Purity ≥98.0% (GC)
Chemical Name or Material Ethylene Glycol Monobutyl Ether Acetate

Ethylene Glycol Monobutyl Ether Acetate. Acts as a low volatility solvent for paints and printing inks. Possesses a faint ester odor, and good solvent power for numerous organic substances. Improves the gloss and flow of coatings. Also improves the flow and brushability of cellulose nitrate and cellulose ether lacquers and of paints formulated from chlorinated binders. Exhibits miscibility with most common organic solvents eg. alcohols, ketones, aldehydes, ethers, glycols, and glycol ethers but sparingly soluble with water. Ethylene Glycol Monobutyl Ether Acetate is used in flexographic, gravure and screen printing inks, for dyes used to print and color leather and textiles, for dyes in furniture polishes and wood stains.

Ethylene Glycol Monobutyl Ether Acetate has the chemical formula C8H16O3, and is a clear, colourless to pale yellow liquid. It has a mild and pleasant ester odour and is only sparingly soluble in water but is miscible with many common organic solvents, for example, alcohols, ketones, aldehydes, ethers, glycols, and glycol ethers. It is this solvent power, combined with its’ low volatility, that sees Ethylene Glycol Monobutyl Ether Acetate employed in many branches of industry.

How is Ethylene Glycol Monobutyl Ether Acetate Produced?
The first stage in the production of Ethylene Glycol Monobutyl Ether Acetate is to react ethylene oxide with anhydrous n-butyl alcohol. The product of this is ethylene glycol butyl ether which is then reacted with acetic acid, acetic anhydride, or acetic acid chloride, to form ethylene glycol butyl ether acetate, otherwise known as Ethylene Glycol Monobutyl Ether Acetate.

How is it stored and distributed?
Ethylene Glycol Monobutyl Ether Acetate is stable under standard conditions and has a specific gravity of 0.9422 and a Flash point of 71.1o C (closed cup). It should be stored in a cool, well-ventilated area that is away from all possible sources of ignition, and the container should be tightly sealed until ready for use.

Ethylene Glycol Monobutyl Ether Acetate is usually transported in carbon steel, or stainless steel, drums or in tank cars. It is not regulated for transport but is Flammable and should also be labelled as Xn, as it is Harmful when ingested.

What is Ethylene Glycol Monobutyl Ether Acetate used for?
Ethylene Glycol Monobutyl Ether Acetate is a chemical that has good solvent power and it is this degree of solvency that sees Ethylene Glycol Monobutyl Ether Acetate employed in industry. The main use for it is in the coatings industry where it improves the gloss and flow of coatings that are baked at temperatures of 150-200 oC. It also improves the brushability and flow of cellulose nitrate and cellulose ether lacquers, and of paints formulated from chlorinated binders. Ethylene Glycol Monobutyl Ether Acetate is also a good solvent for urethane finishes and is a film coalescing aid for polyvinyl latex acetate.

Ethylene Glycol Monobutyl Ether Acetate also has applications in the printing industry where it is a component of flexographic, gravure, and screen-printing inks. This is because of the slow evaporation rate of Ethylene Glycol Monobutyl Ether Acetate which makes it ideal for use in these specialty printing inks.

It is also found in ball pen pastes, and in dyes that are employed in furniture polishes and wood stains, and in dyes used to print and colour textiles.

Ethylene Glycol Monobutyl Ether Acetate is also employed in the cleaning industry where it is a component in some ink and spot removal formulations.

Ethylene Glycol Monobutyl Ether Acetate is acetate-type solvent of high-boiling point and multi-functional group. It can be used as jet-ink solvent and coalescing reagent for emulsion paint. It has excellent solubility to various kinds of resin. It is widely used in colorful paint or emulsion paint. Besides, Ethylene Glycol Monobutyl Ether Acetate is widely used as solvents for metal, furniture spray paint. It can also be used as solvents of protective paint, dyestuff, resin, leather, printing ink; used in the cleanser formula of hard surface of metal, glass, etc.; and used as chemical reagent.

Chemical Properties
colourless to pale yellow liquid with a mild odour

Uses
High-boiling solvent for nitrocellulose lacquers, epoxy resins, multicolor lacquers; filmcoalescing aid for polyvinyl acetate latex.

General Description
Colorless liquid with a weak fruity odor. Floats and mixes slowly with water.

Air & Water Reactions
Water soluble.

Reactivity Profile
Ethylene Glycol Monobutyl Ether Acetate is incompatible with the following: Oxidizers . Ethylene Glycol Monobutyl Ether Acetate is an ether-alcohol derivative. The ether being relatively unreactive. Flammable and/or toxic gases are generated by the combination of alcohols with alkali metals, nitrides, and strong reducing agents. They react with oxoacids and carboxylic acids to form esters plus water. Oxidizing agents convert alcohols to aldehydes or ketones. Alcohols exhibit both weak acid and weak base behavior. They may initiate the polymerization of isocyanates and epoxides.

Ethylene Glycol Monobutyl Ether Acetate is used as a solvent for nitrocellulose lacquers, enamels, coating additives, epoxy resins, and varnishes. It is a film coalescing aid for polyvinyl acetate latex. Further, it stimulates the release of prostaglandin E(2), an arachidonic acid metabolite, in human epidermal keratinocytes. In addition to this, it serves as an ingredient in ink removers and spot removers.

Ethylene Glycol Monobutyl Ether Acetate is a solvent that is typically used in pharmaceuticals, sunscreens, cosmetics, inks, dyes and water based paints. Ungraded products supplied by Spectrum are indicative of a grade suitable for general industrial use or research purposes and typically are not suitable for human consumption or therapeutic use.

Ethylene Glycol Monobutyl Ether Acetate Usage:

It can be used as ink oiling agent and glaze oil for baking, especially

Used in screen ink, car paint, TV paint, refrigerator paint, aircraft paint and other high-grade paint.

Can be used in emulsion paint and nitrolac, widely used in high-grade paint such as car paint, TV paint and plane paint.

USES
* General adhesives and binding agents for a variety of uses
* Products used to care for apparel (e.g., she polish, products to repair footwear or leather, wterproofing sprays, etc.)
* Relatived to the maintenance and repair of automobiles, products for cleaning and caring for automobiles (auto shampoo, polish/wax, undercarriage treatment, brake grease)
* Related to the building or construction process for buildings or boats (includes activities such as plumbing and electrical work, bricklaying, etc)
* Related to the building or repair of ships, pleasure boats, or sporting boats
* Materials used in the building process, such as flooring, insulation, caulk, tile, wood, glass, etc.
* Fillers for paints, textiles, plastics, etc
* Flooring materials (carpets, wood, vinyl flooring), or related to flooring such as wax or polish for floors
* Insulating materials to protect from noise, cold, etc (such as used in homes or buildings), insulating materials related to electricity
* Wall construction materials, or wall coverings
* Related to all forms of cleaning/washing, including cleaning products used in the home, laundry detergents, soaps, de-greasers, spot removers, etc; mod
* Term used for colorants, dyes, or pigments; includes colorants for drugs, textiles, personal care products (cosmetics, tatoo inks, hair dye), food colorants, and inks for printing; modifiers included when application is known
* Conductive materials or agents (able to conduct something, typically heat or electricity)
* Insulating materials to protect from noise, cold, etc (such as used in homes or buildings), insulating materials related to electricity
* Products used to care for apparel (e.g., she polish, products to repair footwear or leather, wterproofing sprays, etc.)
* Related to computers or the manufacturing of computers
* Fillers for paints, textiles, plastics, etc
* Fixatives or fixing agents
* Includes antifoaming agents, coagulating agents, dispersion agents, emulsifiers, flotation agents, foaming agents, viscosity adjustors, etc
* Includes food packaging, paper plates, cutlery, small appliances such as roasters, etc.; does not include facilities that manufacture food
* Additive for products to promote hardening, used in paints and varnishes, plastics, etc.
* Leather products, and products/chemicals used in the process of tanning and dressing leather
* Related to the manufcturing of pulp or paper products, or paper products in general
* Textiles used for clothing or furniture upholstery, processes related to textiles (e.g.
* Wood used as a building material, wood preservatives
* Term used for colorants, dyes, or pigments; includes colorants for drugs, textiles, personal care products (cosmetics, tatoo inks, hair dye), food colorants, and inks for printing; modifiers included when application is known
* If applied entry is related to the manufacturing process for the product, widely applied, modifiers often included (if not included, no additional information is known)
* Generic lubricants, lubricants for engines, brake fluids, oils, etc (does not include personal care lubricants)
* Wood used as a building material, wood preservatives
* Related to computers or the manufacturing of computers

Ethylene glycol monobutyl ether acetate, or methyl cellosolve, is an organic compound with formula C3H8O2 that is used mainly as a solvent. Ethylene glycol monobutyl ether acetate is a clear, colorless liquid with an ether-like odor. Ethylene glycol monobutyl ether acetate is in a class of solvents known as glycol ethers which are notable for their ability to dissolve a variety of different types of chemical compounds and for their miscibility with water and other solvents. Ethylene glycol monobutyl ether acetate can be formed by the nucleophilic attack of methanol on protonated ethylene oxide followed by proton transfer, C2H5O+ + CH3OH → C3H8O2 + H

Ethylene glycol monobutyl ether acetate stable, but contact with air may lead to the formation of explosive peroxides. A peroxide test should be carried out before this material is used if Ethylene glycol monobutyl ether acetate has been exposed to air for some time, especially if Ethylene glycol monobutyl ether acetate is to be purified by distillation. Contact with strong oxidizing agents may cause fire or explosion. Incompatible with strong bases, Solvent, jet fuel anti-icing additive, in the semiconductor industry in manufacture of printed circuit boards.

The uses for Ethylene glycol monobutyl ether acetate are as a solvent in quick-drying varnishes and enamels, in conjunction with aliphatic, aromatic and halogenated hydrocarbons, alcohols and ketones; in solvent mixtures and thinners for lacquers and dopes; in the manufacture of synthetic resin plasticizers and as a penetrating and leveling agent in dyeing processes, especially in the dyeing of leather. Other uses are as o fixative in perfumes and as a solvent in odorless nail-polish lacquers.

Ethylene glycol monobutyl ether acetate is considered a non-comedogenic raw material. Ethylene glycol monobutyl ether acetate is used as a solvent in nail products and as a stabilizer in cosmetic emulsions. The primary use of Ethylene glycol monobutyl ether acetate is as asolvent for cellulose acetate, certain syntheticand natural resins, and dyes. Other applications are in jet fuel deicing, sealing moisture-proof cellophane, dyeing leather, and use innail polishes, varnishes, and enamels.

Ethylene glycol monobutyl ether acetate is one kind of polyhydric alcohol ether as high boiling point organic solvent in fine organic chemical industry. Diethylene glycol methyl ethyl ether is prepared with diethylene glycol ethyl ether and alkali mixture of NaOH, KOH, Na2CO3 and K2CO3 as material through reaction of 1-7 hr while introducing N2 and at 30-120 deg.c to produce sodium alcoholate and/or potassium alcoholate.

Ethylene glycol monobutyl ether acetate (EGME) are highly flammable, colorless, moderately volatile liquids with very good solubility properties. They are used in paints, lacquers, stains, inks and surface coatings, silk-screen printing, photographic and photo lithographic processes, for example, in the semiconductor industry, textile and leather finishing, production of food-contact plastics, and as an antiicing additive in hydraulic fluids and jet fuel. The contribution of Ethylene glycol monobutyl ether acetate in relation to other exposure factors in the semiconductor industry is clear.

Ethylene glycol monobutyl ether acetate (EGME) is an industrial solvent that has wide application, including the aviation sector. Discloses a preparation method of glycol ether. Glycol ether is prepared in a high selectivity manner with glycol as a raw material, low carbon fatty alcohol as an etherification reagent and a reaction solvent and an acid as a catalyst.

Ethylene glycol monobutyl ether acetate has a high solvent power soEthylene glycol monobutyl ether acetate is used together with low- boiling solvents. Methyl Cellosolve (Methyl Glycol) is employed with particular advantage in cellulose acetate and cellulose ether lacquers. AlthoughEthylene glycol monobutyl ether acetate has a rather high boiling point, film formation is rapid owing to Ethylene glycol monobutyl ether acetate is relatively high evaporation rate.

Ethylene glycol monobutyl ether acetate is such a good solvent for nitrocellulose thatEthylene glycol monobutyl ether acetate may be used in the production of very highly concentrated lacquer solution which dry and set within a comparatively short time.Ethylene glycol monobutyl ether acetate can be used with advantage for regulating the evaporation time and the flow of cellulose ether lacquers, for this purpose Ethylene glycol monobutyl ether acetate may be diluted to a large extent with toluene or ethanol. This product is also used in aviation industry as FSII – Dicing – Anti Icing agent.