FB2026_02 , released June 18, 2026
Chemical: ethyl butyrate
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General Information
Name
ethyl butyrate
FlyBase ID
FBch0000085
ChEBI Name
ethyl butyrate
ChEBI ID
CHEBI:88764
PubChem Name
Ethyl butyrate
PubChem ID
CID:7762
Chemical Structure
Chemical structure of ethyl butyrate
ethyl butyrate
InChIKey

OBNCKNCVKJNDBV-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Definition (ChEBI)

ChEBI: Ethyl butyrate is a butyrate ester resulting from the formal condensation of the hydroxy group of ethanol with the carboxy group of butyric acid. It has a role as a plant metabolite. It derives from an ethanol.

Roles Classification (ChEBI)
Comment
Synonyms and Secondary IDs (28)
Synonyms
105-54-4
(PubChem, 2019-)
Butanoic acid ethyl ester
(ChEBI, 2019-, PubChem, 2019-)
Butanoic acid, ethyl ester
(PubChem, 2019-)
Butyric acid ethyl ester
(ChEBI, 2019-, PubChem, 2019-)
Butyric ester
(PubChem, 2019-)
Butyric ether
(PubChem, 2019-)
ETHYL BUTYRATE
(PubChem, 2019-)
Ethyl 1-butyrate
(ChEBI, 2019-)
Ethyl Butyrate
(Brown et al., 2020)
Ethyl butanoate
(PubChem, 2019-)
Ethyl butyrate
(Getahun et al., 2016)
Ethyl ester of butanoic acid
(ChEBI, 2019-)
Ethyl n-butanoate
(ChEBI, 2019-, PubChem, 2019-)
Ethyl n-butyrate
(ChEBI, 2019-, PubChem, 2019-)
PubChem:7762
(PubChem, 2019-)
butanoic acid ethyl ester
(PubChem, 2019-)
butanoic acid, ethyl ester
(PubChem, 2019-)
butyric acid ethyl ester
(PubChem, 2019-)
butyric ester
(PubChem, 2019-)
butyric ether
(PubChem, 2019-)
ethyl butanoate
(ChEBI, 2019-, PubChem, 2019-)
ethyl butyrate
(Wei et al., 2025, Bi et al., 2023, Clark et al., 2023, Kato et al., 2023, Ramiaranjatovo et al., 2023, Zocchi et al., 2022, Chahda et al., 2019, ChEBI, 2019-, PubChem, 2019-, Guo et al., 2017, Lee et al., 2017, Seki et al., 2017, Badel et al., 2016, Getahun et al., 2016, Mansourian and Stensmyr, 2015, Getahun et al., 2013)
ethyl n-butanoate
(PubChem, 2019-)
ethyl n-butyrate
(PubChem, 2019-)
ethyl-butyrate
(Tolassy et al., 2023)
ethylbutyrate
(MacWilliam et al., 2018)
n-Butyric acid ethyl ester
(ChEBI, 2019-)
pubchem:7762
(PubChem, 2019-)
Secondary FlyBase IDs
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