Butylene-group


any of four bivalent isomeric groups having the formula –C 4 H 8 –.

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  • Butyraceous

    of the nature of, resembling, or containing butter. Historical Examples Cooley’s Practical Receipts, Volume II Arnold Cooley A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines Andrew Ure adjective of, containing, or resembling butter

  • Butyral

    any acetal of butyraldehyde.

  • Butyraldehyde

    a clear, colorless, flammable liquid, C 4 H 8 O, used chiefly as an intermediate in the manufacture of resins and rubber cement. noun a colourless flammable pungent liquid used in the manufacture of resins. Formula: CH3(CH2)2CHO butyraldehyde (by’tə-rāl’də-hīd’) A transparent, highly flammable liquid used in making resins. Chemical formula: C4H8O.

  • Butyrate

    a salt or ester of butyric acid. Historical Examples Leather K. J. Adcock The Art of Perfumery G. W. Septimus Piesse noun any salt or ester of butyric acid, containing the monovalent group C3H7COO- or ion C3H7COO– butyrate (by’tə-rāt’) A salt or ester of butyric acid, containing the radical C3H7CO.

  • Butyric

    pertaining to or derived from butyric acid. Historical Examples The Funny Side of Physic A. D. Crabtre Fragments of science, V. 1-2 John Tyndall Outlines of dairy bacteriology H. L. Russell Louis Pasteur Ren Vallery-Radot Outlines of Dairy Bacteriology, 8th edition H. L. Russell Cooley’s Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, […]


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