a formative of the names of chemical compounds belonging to or derived from the butyric series, and of some minerals. (Cf. BUTYRO-.)
Butyracetic acid, an acid having the composition of a combination of butyric and acetic acid, C2 H4 O2 . C4 H8 O2, also called pseudo-acetic acid; its salts are Butyracetates. Butyral, Butyraldehyde, two isomeric compounds, C4 H8 O, aldehydes of the butyric series. Butyramide, the amide of the butyric series, C4 H7O.NH2, crystallizing in snow-white nacreous tables. Butyrate, a salt of butyric acid. Butyrellite, Min., Dana’s name for the natural fatty substance, bog-butter. Butyrin, an oily liquid analogous to the acetins, obtained by the direct action of butyric acid on glycerin. Butyrite a. Chem., a compound formed from butyric acid and mannite (Watts); b. Min., another name for Butyrellite. Butyrone, the ketone of the butyric series, also called dipropyl ketone CO. (C3 H7)2. Butyryl, C4 H7O, the radical of butyric acid.
1826. Henry, Chem., II. 446. This oil [butter], according to Chevreul, is resolvable into two; the one … he calls butirine, because it contains butyric acid or its elements.
1839–47. Todd, Cycl. Anat., III. 359/1. Butter may be regarded as composed of … stearine, elain, and butyrine.
1873. Fownes, Chem., 547. Several of the paraffins are produced by the dry … distillation of butyrates.
1853. Pharmaceut. Jrnl., XIII. 72. The Chloride of Butyryle is … liquid.
1869–71. Watts, Dict. Chem. (1879), VI. 380. Butyryl … is an aromatic oil, slightly soluble or insoluble in water.
