Butyl stearate
SIAL/73002 - analytical standard
Synonym: Stearic acid butyl ester
CAS Number: 123-95-5
Empirical Formula (Hill Notation): C22H44O2
Molecular Weight: 340.58
EC Number: 204-666-5
MDL Number: MFCD00026669
Linear Formula: CH3(CH2)16COO(CH2)3CH3
Product Type: Chemical
| application(s) | cleaning products cosmetics food and beverages personal care |
| assay | ≥95.0% (GC) |
| density | 0.861 g/mL at 20 °C (lit.) |
| format | neat |
| grade | analytical standard |
| InChI | 1S/C22H44O2/c1-3-5-7-8-9- |
| InChI key | ULBTUVJTXULMLP-UHFFFAOYSA |
| Quality Level | 100  |
| shelf life | limited shelf life, expiry date on the label |
| SMILES string | CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC(=O)OCC |
| Application: | Butyl stearate may be used as an analytical standard for the determination of the analyte in cosmetic products and fruit-based baby foods by various chromatography techniques. It may be used as an internal standard for the determination of fungicides in fruit juice and wine samples by capillary gas chromatography and for the analysis of lysinoalanine in food proteins by gas-liquid chromatography (GLC). |
| General description: | Butyl stearate is a fatty acid ester, which has application in cosmetics, personal care products, and as an emollient in food industries. |
| General description: | This substance is listed on the positive list of the EU regulation 10/2011 for plastics intended to come into contact with food. |
| RIDADR | NONH for all modes of transport |
| WGK Germany | WGK 1 |
| Flash Point(F) | 320.0 °F - closed cup |
| Flash Point(C) | 160 °C - closed cup |
| Purity | ≥95.0% (GC) |
| Density | 0.861 g/mL at 20 °C (lit.) |
| UNSPSC | 85151701 |