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Butyric acid, also identified by the IUPAC name butanoic acid, is a chemical compound with the formula C₄H₈O₂. It has a molecular mass of 88.052 and a density of 0.9563. The substance exhibits a melting point ranging from -8 to -5 degrees and a boiling point of 163.75. Its vapor pressure is 0.9, and it possesses an ionization energy of 10.71.
The compound has a canonical SMILES representation of CCCC(=O)O. It features one hydrogen bond donor and two hydrogen bond acceptors, with a topological polar surface area of 37.3 and an xlogp value of 0.8. The molecule carries a charge of 0. Butyric acid is referenced by 578 other encyclopedia articles.
Synthesized by Vinony from 23 facts across 4 sources: Wikidata, PubMed, PubChem, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C4H8O2
- Molecular weight
- 88.11 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- butanoic acid
- SMILES
- CCCC(=O)O
- InChIKey
- FERIUCNNQQJTOY-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- XLogP
- 0.8
- Polar surface area
- 37.3 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 1
- H-bond acceptors
- 2
- Formal charge
- 0
via PubChem
Drug data · ChEMBL
- Max clinical phase
- Phase 2
- Molecule type
- Small molecule
- Indications
- ulcerative colitis
via ChEMBL · EBI
Research
109,273 papers- Butyric acid from the diet: actions at the level of gene expression.Critical reviews in food science and nutrition · 1998
- Engineering of Clostridium tyrobutyricum for butyric acid and butyl butyrate production from cassava starch.Bioresource technology · 2024
- Transport of substrates and metabolites and their effect on cell metabolism (in butyric-acid and methylotrophic fermentations).Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 1987
- Safety Assessment of Butyric Acid-Rich Triglyceride Oil: A Novel Palatable Formulation of Butyrate for the Pediatric Population.Journal of applied toxicology : JAT · 2025
- Butyric acid causes morphological changes in cultured chondrocytes through alterations in the extracellular matrix.Journal of cellular physiology · 1989
via PubMed
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- short-chain fatty acid
- Has part
- carbon
- Mass
- 88.052
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- melting point
- -5.7
- boiling point
- 163.75
- canonical SMILES
- CCCC(=O)O
- chemical formula
- C₄H₈O₂
- Commons category
- Butyric acid
- vapor pressure
- 0.9
- density
- 0.9563
- subject has role
- histamine antagonist
- ionization energy
- 10.71
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Encyclopedic overview
Space filling model of butyric acid
Names
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “butyric acid” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.