Butyl Glycol Acetate (also known as 2-butoxyethyl acetate; ethylene glycol butyl ether acetate; and 2-butoxyethanol acetate) has the chemical formula C8H16O3, and is a clear, colourless to pale yellow liquid. It has a mild and pleasant ester odour and is only sparingly soluble in water but is miscible with many common organic solvents, for example, alcohols, ketones, aldehydes, ethers, glycols, and glycol ethers. It is this solvent power, combined with its’ low volatility, that sees Butyl Glycol Acetate employed in many branches of industry.

Substance Name: 2-butoxyethylacetate
Trade name: Butylglycolacetate
EC No: 203-933-3
CAS No: 112-07-2
HS Code: 29153900
Formula: C8H16O3
Synonyms: 1-acetoxy-2-butoxyethane / 2-butoxyethanol acetate / 2-butoxyethyl acetate / 2-butoxyethyl acetic acid ester / 2-butoxyethyl ester acetic acid / acetic acid 2-butoxyethyl ester / BGA (= butyl glycol acetate) / butoxyethyl acetate / butyl cellosolve acetate / butyl ethoxol acetate / butyl glycol acetate / butylglycol acetate / EGBA (=ethyleneglycol butyl ether acetate) / EGBEA (=ethylene glycol butyl ether acetate) / ektasolve EB acetate / ethanol, 2-butoxy-, acetate / ethylene glycol butyl ether acetate / ethylene glycol monobutyl ether acetate / glycol monobutyl ether acetate / Substances with a flash-point above 60 °C and not more than 100 °C / Substances with a flash-point above 60 °C and not more than 100 °C, which do not belong to another class.