Butyric acidButyric acid (from, meaning "butter"), also known under the systematic name butanoic acid, is a straight-chain alkyl fatty acid with the chemical formula CH3CH2CH2COOH. Read from the Chembox of the Wikipedia article Butyric acid, revision 1380020871.

Property

Value

Formula

C4H8O2, 88.11 g/mol

Melting point

-5.1 °C

Boiling point

163.75 °C

Density

1.135 g/cm³

Flash point

71.5 °C

log P, measured

0.79

pKa

4.82

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