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BUTANE

CAS

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Material type

synthetic aroma chemical

Canonical source

arctander

Formulation

Usage guidance

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Cost

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Stock

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Compatibility tags

floral

How it behaves

Olfactory profile

Family

sweet

Note tendency

Top

Descriptors

sweet

Butane is a light hydrocarbon gas with a very faint, slightly sweet petrol-like odor. In perfumery it functions as an aerosol propellant rather than an olfactory ingredient, contributing minimal scent character of its own.AI · claude-opus-4-7

Intensity

2 / 10

Tenacity

1 / 10

Volatility

10 / 10

Members

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chemicals · No. 372

Arctander monograph

Perfume and Flavor Chemicals, page 162.

TOPtenacity · moderatepower · diffusiveG.R.A.S.

sweetetherealnauseating

58.12

-0.5°C

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Sp.Gr.

0.58

Refractive n

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Rotation

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Appearance

Colorless gas

Solubility

Soluble in alcohol

Odor

Sweet-ethereal, nauseating odor, perceptible only in relatively high concentration.

Uses in perfumery

Used as a propellant in aerosol-dispensed consumer products

Uses in flavor

Used in food products as a propellant

Production

Produced from petroleum by distillation

Identity

Aliases · 2

Butyl hydriden-Butane

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