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91010

Glyceryl tributyrate

puriss., ≥98.5% (GC)

Synonym(s):

1,2,3-Tributyrylglycerol, Glycerol tributyrate, Tributyrin

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Linear Formula:
(CH3CH2CH2COOCH2)2CHOCOCH2CH2CH3
CAS Number:
60-01-5
Molecular Weight:
302.36
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
NACRES:
NA.22
PubChem Substance ID:
329769990
EC Number:
200-451-5
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
1714746
MDL number:
MFCD00009392
Assay:
≥98.5% (GC)
Form:
liquid

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InChI key

UYXTWWCETRIEDR-UHFFFAOYSA-N

InChI

1S/C15H26O6/c1-4-7-13(16)19-10-12(21-15(18)9-6-3)11-20-14(17)8-5-2/h12H,4-11H2,1-3H3

SMILES string

CCCC(=O)OCC(COC(=O)CCC)OC(=O)CCC

grade

puriss.

assay

≥98.5% (GC)

form

liquid

Quality Level

200

bp

129-131 °C/0.03 mmHg (lit.), 287-288 °C (lit.)

functional group

ester

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Application

Glyceryl tributyrate can be used as:
  • A model compound to study transesterification in vegetable oil for the synthesis of biodiesel catalyzed by the metal-loaded MgAl oxides.
  • A reactant in the synthesis of methyl butanoate by transesterification with methanol using Li-promoted CaO catalysts.

Storage Class

10 - Combustible liquids

flash_point_f

345.2 °F - closed cup

flash_point_c

174 °C - closed cup

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Metal-loaded MgAl oxides for transesterification of glyceryl tributyrate and palm oil
Tittabut T and Trakarnpruk W
Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 47(7), 2176-2181 (2008)
Li?CaO catalysed tri-glyceride transesterification for biodiesel applications.
Watkins RS, et al.
Green Chemistry, 6(7), 335-340 (2004)
M H Sodergren et al.
Scandinavian journal of surgery : SJS : official organ for the Finnish Surgical Society and the Scandinavian Surgical Society, 99(3), 153-161 (2010-11-04)
current studies suggest immunonutrition decreases the inflammatory process, infection rates and reduces length of hospital stay in surgical patients, however studies are often conducted on heterogeneous groups of patients with varying composition of the immuno-nutrition. We aim to investigate the
María Teresa Tejedor-Junco et al.
Journal of clinical microbiology, 48(2), 596-598 (2009-12-25)
Two tributyrin hydrolysis-negative Moraxella isolates obtained in cases of keratoconjunctivitis in Camelus dromedarius in the Canary Islands showed highest degrees of 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity to Moraxella canis. A level of DNA relatedness to the M. canis type strain
Aline de Conti et al.
The Journal of nutritional biochemistry, 23(8), 860-866 (2011-09-24)
The chemopreventive effects of tributyrin (TB) and vitamin A (VA), alone or in combination, were investigated during the promotion phase of rat hepatocarcinogenesis. Compared to diethylnitrosamine control rats, TB and TB+VA-treated rats, but not VA-treated rats, presented a lower incidence
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