BUTYROLACTONE


Meaning of BUTYROLACTONE in English

|byüd.ə(ˌ)rō, -ə_rə+ noun

( -s )

Etymology: butyr- + lactone

: a mobile liquid lactone C 4 H 6 O 2 made usually by dehydrogenation of 1,4-butanediol and used chiefly as a solvent for resins (as polymers of acrylonitrile) — called also butanolide

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