Butyric anhydrideButyric anhydride or butanoic anhydride is the chemical compound with the formula (CH3CH2CH2CO)2O. The molecule can be described as a condensation of two molecules of butyric acid with elimination of one water molecule (hence its name). Read from the Chembox of the Wikipedia article Butyric anhydride, revision 965213720.

Property

Value

Formula

C8H14O3, 158.20 g/mol

Melting point

-75 °C

Boiling point

198 °C

Density

0.967 g/cm³

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