Butoxybenzene

CLEAR COLOURLESS LIQUID

Butyl phenyl ether was used as model compound to study the transformation of human pharmaceuticals detected in water during chlorine disinfection. It was used in the synthesis of amino acids with aryl-keto function in their side-chains.

Journal of the American Chemical Society, 96, p. 2829, 1974 DOI: 10.1021/ja00816a027

Moderately toxic by ingestion. See also ETHERS. When heated to decomposition it emits acrid and irritating fumes.

Dissolve it in diethyl ether, washed first with 10% aqueous NaOH to remove traces of phenol, then repeatedly with distilled water, followed by evaporation of the solvent and distillation under reduced pressure [Arnett & Wu J Am Chem Soc 82 5660 1960]. [Beilstein 6 H 143, 6 I 82, 6 II 145, 6 III 550, 6 IV 558.]