Butylglycol

Butyl glycol (also known as BG, 2-butoxyethanol, glycol monobutyl ether and ethylene glycol monobutyl ether) is a clear, colourless, oily liquid with a characteristic, but mild, odour. It is miscible with water and with common organic solvents and has the formula C6H14O2. It has been produced commercially for over half a century where it is most commonly used in the paint industry.

Substance name: 2-butoxyethanol
Trade name: Butylglycol
EC no:203-905-0
CAS no: 111-76-2
HS code: 29094300
KH product code: 100015
Formula: C6H14O2
Synonyms: 2-BE / 2-butoxy-1-ethanol / 2-n-butoxyethanol / 2-normal-butoxyethanol / 3-oxa-1-heptanol / A13-0993 / beta-butoxyethanol / BGE / breaxit 8002 / BUCS / butoxyethanol / butoxyethanol, normal-/ butyl cellosolve / butylcellu-sol / butylescosolve / butylethyleneglycol, ortho- / butylglycol ether / butylglycol-cellosolve / butyljaysolve / butylmonoetherglycol / butyloxitol (=2-butoxyethanol) / Caswell No. 121 / CHIMEC NR / COREXIT 7610 / EGBE / EKTASOLVE EB / ethanol, 2-butoxy- / ethylene glycol monobutyl ether / ethylene glycol n-butyl ether / ethylene glycol normal-butyl ether / ethyleneglycolmonobutyl ether / ethyleneglycolmono-normal-butylether / ethyleneglycol-normal-butyl ether / GAFCOL EB / glycol ether EB / glycol ether EB acetate / glycolbutyl ether / glycolmonobutyl ether / jeffersol EB / minex BDH / monobutyl ether of ethyleneglycol / monobutylglycol ether / monoethyleneglycolmonobutyl ether / nbutoxyethanol / normal-butoxyethanol / O-butylethyleneglycol / ortho-butylethyleneglycol / POLYSOLVEB / Substances with a flash-point above 60 °C and not more than 100 °C / Substances with a flash-point above 60 °C and not more than 100 °C, which do not belong to another class

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