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butylated hydroxytoluene
Sign in to saveAlso known as 2,6-Di-tert-butyl-p-cresol, BHT, Dibutylated hydroxytoluene, 4-Methyl-2,6-di-tert-butyl phenol, 2,6-Bis(1,1-dimethylethyl)-4-methylphenol, 2,6-Di-tert-butyl-1-hydroxy-4-methylbenzene, 2,6-Di-tert-butyl-4-cresol
antioxidant and food additive
In the Vinony graph
Within Vinony's link graph, butylated hydroxytoluene is referenced by 157 other articles, and connects out to United States Food and Drug Administration, United States National Institutes of Health and 2,6-di-tert-butylphenol.
Vinony files it under Alkylphenols, Antioxidants and Chembox having GHS data.
Its subject is documented across 25 Wikipedia language editions.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C15H24O
- Molecular weight
- 220.35 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- 2,6-ditert-butyl-4-methylphenol
- SMILES
- CC1=CC(=C(C(=C1)C(C)(C)C)O)C(C)(C)C
- InChIKey
- NLZUEZXRPGMBCV-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 5.3
- Polar surface area
- 20.2 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 1
- H-bond acceptors
- 1
- Formal charge
- 0
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Drug data · ChEMBL
- Max clinical phase
- Phase 2
- Molecule type
- Small molecule
- Indications
- relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis, asthma, multiple sclerosis
via ChEMBL · EBI
Research
3,945 papers- Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT): a review.Environmental research · 1982
- BHT - Butylated Hydroxytoluene.International journal of toxicology · 2023
- SCCS scientific opinion on Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT) - SCCS/1636/21.Regulatory toxicology and pharmacology : RTP · 2023
- Safety assessment of butylated hydroxyanisole and butylated hydroxytoluene as antioxidant food additives.Food and chemical toxicology : an international journal published for the British Industrial Biological Research Association · 1999
- Protective role of butylated hydroxytoluene and certain carotenoids in photocarcinogenesis.Photochemistry and photobiology · 1991
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- chemical compound
- Has part
- hydrogen
- Mass
- 220.183
- Has use
- antioxidant
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- time-weighted average exposure limit
- 10
- melting point
- 71
- chemical formula
- C₁₅H₂₄O
- density
- 1.05
- NIOSH Pocket Guide ID
- 0246
- boiling point
- 509
- flash point
- 261
- solubility
- 0.00004
- vapor pressure
- 0.01
- canonical SMILES
- CC1=CC(=C(C(=C1)C(C)(C)C)O)C(C)(C)C
- Commons category
- Butylated hydroxytoluene
- subject has role
- antioxidant
- found in taxon
- Homo sapiens
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