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butane

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Description

Butane is a colorless, odorless, flammable gas that is the fourth member of the alkane series. It is a major component of natural gas and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG). Butane is commonly used as a fuel in lighters, camping stoves, and torches. It is also used as a refrigerant and as a raw material in the production of plastics and other chemicals. Butane is produced by fractional distillation of petroleum and natural gas. It is a relatively simple molecule, consisting of four carbon atoms and ten hydrogen atoms. Butane is studied because of its importance as a fuel and as a raw material for the production of other chemicals.'

butane : A straight chain alkane composed of 4 carbon atoms. [Chemical Entities of Biological Interest (ChEBI), Hastings J, Owen G, Dekker A, Ennis M, Kale N, Muthukrishnan V, Turner S, Swainston N, Mendes P, Steinbeck C. (2016). ChEBI in 2016: Improved services and an expanding collection of metabolites. Nucleic Acids Res]

Cross-References

ID SourceID
PubMed CID7843
CHEMBL ID134702
CHEBI ID37808
MeSH IDM0135635

Synonyms (74)

Synonym
butane (nf)
106-97-8
D03186
e 943a
e-943a
n-c4h10
r-600
e943a
CHEBI:37808 ,
n-butan
inchi=1/c4h10/c1-3-4-2/h3-4h2,1-2h
butane
n-butane
butanen [dutch]
r 600
butane, pure
hc 600
a 21 (lowing agent)
un1011
ccris 2279
methylethylmethane
einecs 203-448-7
butyl hydride
hsdb 944
diethyl
butani [italian]
butane, fuel for micro torch, contains no cfc gases
butane, 99%
68514-31-8
68476-42-6
06005800-A997-4214-BF1C-5063E9E46167
B0677
e-943
ins no.943
CHEMBL134702
ins-943
butan
AKOS015917446
butane [nf]
6lv4for43r ,
ec 203-448-7
unii-6lv4for43r
butani
butanen
butane-silver
butane [inci]
butane [mart.]
butane [mi]
butane [who-dd]
butane [hsdb]
butane [ii]
butane [fcc]
h-c4h9
1,2-dimethyl-ethane
1,2-dimethyethane
1,2-dimethylethane
normal-butane
freon 600
un 1011
C21390
DTXSID7024665 ,
butane 2000 microg/ml in methanol
AKOS032949915
FT-0770500
Q134192
BCP32076
n-butane;methylethylmethane
butane (d10)
butane (2-d1)
butane phase ii
dtxcid404665
butane (ii)
butane (mart.)
hydrocarbon propellant a-17

Research Excerpts

Overview

summarize : Butane is an addictive volatile substance like toluene.

ExcerptReferenceRelevance
"Butane is an addictive volatile substance like toluene. "( Quantitative determination of n-butane metabolites in three cases of butane sniffing death.
Mishima, S; Nishitani, Y; Ohtsu, Y; Sasao, A; Yonemitsu, K, 2015
)
2.14

Toxicity

ExcerptReferenceRelevance
" Although the primary toxic event resulting from TCE cometabolism by these three strains was loss of BMO activity, species differences were observed."( Trichloroethylene degradation by butane-oxidizing bacteria causes a spectrum of toxic effects.
Arp, DJ; Bottomley, PJ; Halsey, KH; Sayavedra-Soto, LA, 2005
)
0.61

Bioavailability

ExcerptReferenceRelevance
" The partial beneficial effects might also be explained by the age-related limited bioavailability of exogenous SAMe, a finding, to our knowledge, not yet reported elsewhere."( Biochemical analysis of myelin lipids and proteins in a model of methyl donor pathway deficit: effect of S-adenosylmethionine.
Bellasio, R; Bianchi, R; Calzi, F; Savaresi, S; Sciarretta-Birolo, R; Tacconi, MT; Tsankova, V, 1999
)
0.3

Dosage Studied

ExcerptRelevanceReference
" "Dabbing" refers to the use of butane-extracted marijuana products that offer users much higher tetrahydrocannabinol content than flower cannabis through a single dosage process."( Exploring Butane Hash Oil Use: A Research Note.
Miller, BL; Miller, JM; Stogner, JM,
)
0.82
[information is derived through text-mining from research data collected from National Library of Medicine (NLM), extracted Dec-2023]

Occurs in Manufacturing (3 Product(s))

Product Categories

Product CategoryProducts
Alimentos y bebidas de origen vegetal, Bebidas, Alimentos de origen vegetal, en:Dairy substitutes, Sustitutos de la leche, Frutos de cáscara y derivados, Bebidas de origen vegetal, Bebidas vegetales, Leches de frutos de cáscara, Leches de almendras1
Other1
Braunes Mandelmus1

Products

ProductBrandCategoryCompounds Matched from IngredientsDate Retrieved

Roles (2)

RoleDescription
food propellantA propellant that is used to expel foods from an aerosol container.
refrigerantA substance used in a thermodynamic heat pump cycle or refrigeration cycle that undergoes a phase change from a gas to a liquid and back. Refrigerants are used in air-conditioning systems and freezers or refrigerators and are assigned a "R" number (by ASHRAE - formerly the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers), which is determined systematically according to their molecular structure.
[role information is derived from Chemical Entities of Biological Interest (ChEBI), Hastings J, Owen G, Dekker A, Ennis M, Kale N, Muthukrishnan V, Turner S, Swainston N, Mendes P, Steinbeck C. (2016). ChEBI in 2016: Improved services and an expanding collection of metabolites. Nucleic Acids Res]

Drug Classes (2)

ClassDescription
alkaneAn acyclic branched or unbranched hydrocarbon having the general formula CnH2n+2, and therefore consisting entirely of hydrogen atoms and saturated carbon atoms.
gas molecular entityAny main group molecular entity that is gaseous at standard temperature and pressure (STP; 0degreeC and 100 kPa).
[compound class information is derived from Chemical Entities of Biological Interest (ChEBI), Hastings J, Owen G, Dekker A, Ennis M, Kale N, Muthukrishnan V, Turner S, Swainston N, Mendes P, Steinbeck C. (2016). ChEBI in 2016: Improved services and an expanding collection of metabolites. Nucleic Acids Res]

Pathways (1)

PathwayProteinsCompounds
butane degradation816

Bioassays (6)

Assay IDTitleYearJournalArticle
AID23718Partition coefficient in water-hexadecane (P16) was determined2003Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters, Feb-10, Volume: 13, Issue:3
QSAR study on solubility of alkanes in water and their partition coefficients in different solvent systems using PI index.
AID603957Octanol-water partition coefficient, log P of the compound2008European journal of medicinal chemistry, Apr, Volume: 43, Issue:4
QSPR modeling of octanol/water partition coefficient for vitamins by optimal descriptors calculated with SMILES.
AID23726Partition coefficient in alkanes was determined2003Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters, Feb-10, Volume: 13, Issue:3
QSAR study on solubility of alkanes in water and their partition coefficients in different solvent systems using PI index.
AID13316Solubility in water was determined; values expressed as -log2003Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters, Feb-10, Volume: 13, Issue:3
QSAR study on solubility of alkanes in water and their partition coefficients in different solvent systems using PI index.
AID23729Partition coefficient in water-cyclohexane was determined2003Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters, Feb-10, Volume: 13, Issue:3
QSAR study on solubility of alkanes in water and their partition coefficients in different solvent systems using PI index.
AID23737Partition coefficient (logP)2003Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry letters, Feb-10, Volume: 13, Issue:3
QSAR study on solubility of alkanes in water and their partition coefficients in different solvent systems using PI index.
[information is prepared from bioassay data collected from National Library of Medicine (NLM), extracted Dec-2023]

Research

Studies (364)

TimeframeStudies, This Drug (%)All Drugs %
pre-199033 (9.07)18.7374
1990's30 (8.24)18.2507
2000's140 (38.46)29.6817
2010's146 (40.11)24.3611
2020's15 (4.12)2.80
[information is prepared from research data collected from National Library of Medicine (NLM), extracted Dec-2023]

Market Indicators

Research Demand Index: 51.11

According to the monthly volume, diversity, and competition of internet searches for this compound, as well the volume and growth of publications, there is estimated to be very strong demand-to-supply ratio for research on this compound.

MetricThis Compound (vs All)
Research Demand Index51.11 (24.57)
Research Supply Index5.98 (2.92)
Research Growth Index4.99 (4.65)
Search Engine Demand Index168.36 (26.88)
Search Engine Supply Index4.00 (0.95)

This Compound (51.11)

All Compounds (24.57)

Study Types

Publication TypeThis drug (%)All Drugs (%)
Trials2 (0.51%)5.53%
Reviews12 (3.07%)6.00%
Case Studies69 (17.65%)4.05%
Observational0 (0.00%)0.25%
Other308 (78.77%)84.16%
[information is prepared from research data collected from National Library of Medicine (NLM), extracted Dec-2023]