# Butyl iodide

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{{short description|Chemical compound}}
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| ImageNameL1 = Ball and stick model of butyl iodide
| ImageFileR1 = Butyl-iodide-3D-vdW.png
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| ImageNameR1 = Butyl iodide
| PIN = 1-Iodobutane<ref>{{Cite web|title=1-iodobutane - Compound Summary|url=https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/10962|work=PubChem Compound|publisher=National Center for Biotechnology Information|access-date=4 March 2012|location=USA|date=26 March 2005}}</ref>
|Section1={{Chembox Identifiers
| CASNo = 542-69-8 
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| UNII = 607A6CC46R
| PubChem = 10962
| ChemSpiderID = 10497
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| EINECS = 208-824-4
| UNNumber = 1993
| MeSHName = 1-iodobutane
| RTECS = EK4400000
| Beilstein = 1420755
| SMILES = CCCCI
| StdInChI = 1S/C4H9I/c1-2-3-4-5/h2-4H2,1H3
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|Section2={{Chembox Properties
| C = 4
| H = 9
| I = 1
| Appearance = Colourless liquid
| Density = 1.617 g mL<sup>−1</sup>
| MeltingPtK = 169.65
| BoilingPtK = 400 to 406
| HenryConstant = 630 nmol Pa<sup>−1</sup> kg<sup>−1</sup>
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| FlashPtC = 33
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|Section4={{Chembox Related
| OtherFunction_label = alkanes
| OtherFunction = {{Unbulleted list|[Propane](/source/Propane)|[''n''-Propyl iodide](/source/n-Propyl_iodide)|[Isopropyl iodide](/source/Isopropyl_iodide)|[Butane](/source/Butane)|[Pentane](/source/Pentane)}}
| OtherCompounds = [Diiodohydroxypropane](/source/Diiodohydroxypropane)
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'''Butyl iodide''' ('''1-iodobutane''') is an [organic compound](/source/organic_compound) which is an [iodo](/source/iodine) derivative of [butane](/source/butane).  It is used as an [alkylating agent](/source/alkylating_agent).

== Isomers ==

The compounds ''sec''-butyl iodide (2-iodobutane), isobutyl iodide (1-iodo-2-methylpropane), and [''tert''-butyl iodide](/source/tert-Butyl_iodide) (2-iodo-2-methylpropane) are [structural isomer](/source/structural_isomer)s of butyl iodide.

==See also==
*[1-Bromobutane](/source/1-Bromobutane)
*[1-Chlorobutane](/source/1-Chlorobutane)
*[1-Fluorobutane](/source/1-Fluorobutane)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

Category:Alkylating agents
Category:Iodoalkanes

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