Tags: Chemical Compound, Chemical Substance.
2-Butanol or sec-butanol is an organic compound with formula CH3CH(OH)CH2CH3. This secondary alcohol is a flammable colorless liquid that is soluble in 3 parts water and completely miscible with polar organic solvents such as ethers and other alcohols. It is produced on a large scale primarily as a precursor to the industrial solvent methyl ethyl ketone. 2-Butanol is chiral and thus can be obtained as either of two stereoisomers designated as (R)-(−)-2-butanol and (S)-(+)-2-butanol.
