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General Application:

n-Butanol is used as an ingredient in perfumes and as a solvent for the extraction of essential oils. n-Butanol is also used as an extractant in the manufacture of antibiotics, hormones, and vitamins, a solvent for paints, coatings, natural resins, gums, synthetic resins, dyes, alkaloids, and camphor. n-Butanol has been proposed as a substitute for diesel fuel and gasoline. n-Butanol occurs naturally as a result of carbohydrate fermentation in several alcoholic beverages, including beer, grape brandies, wine, and whisky. n-Butanol is also formed during deep frying of corn oil, cottonseed oil, trilinolein, and triolein